cinch

FREQ #16399

n. 肚带, 紧握, 必然(发生)的事情 vt. 给...系肚带, 紧握住, 抓牢

发音

UK /sɪntʃ/
US /sɪntʃ/

词形变化

cinches 复数 cinches 三单 cinching 现在分词 cinched 过去式 cinched 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.

  2. 2.

    Something that is very easy to do.

    有把握的事

    非正式
  3. 3.

    Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.

    非正式
  4. 4.

    A firm hold.

    非正式
  5. 1.

    A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.

    游戏
  6. 1.

    An RCA connector.

    工程
v.
  1. 1.

    To bring to certain conclusion.

  2. 2.

    To tighten down.

  3. 1.

    In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

    游戏

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

snap picnic breeze pushover girth child's play duck soup piece of cake walkover

上位词 8

project task labor labour tack undertaking all fours saddlery

下位词 1

doddle

整体词 1

harness
动词

同义词 1

girth

上位词 10

see check control master fix secure assure ensure fasten ascertain

相关短语

lead-pipe cinch Hungarian cinch

词源

Borrowed from Occitan cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (“a belt or girth”), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum. Doublet of cingle.

来源：wiktionary