rim

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n. 边, 轮缘, 框 vt. 镶边, 为...装边 vi. 形成边缘

发音

US /ɹɪm/

词形变化

rims 复数 rims 三单 rimming 现在分词 rimmed 过去式 rimmed 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    An edge around something, especially when circular.

    轮边

  2. 2.

    A wheelrim.

    汽车 体育 交通
  3. 3.

    A semicircular copydesk.

    媒体
  4. 4.

    The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.

    烹饪
  5. 1.

    A membrane.

    英国 方言
  6. 2.

    The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.

    英国 方言 废旧
  7. 1.

    A step of a ladder; a rung.

    方言
v.
  1. 1.

    To form a rim on.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.

    及物

    Palm trees rim the beach.

    A walking path rims the island.

  3. 3.

    To roll around a rim.

    不及物 及物

    Near-synonym: lip out

    The golf ball rimmed the cup.

    The basketball rimmed in ... and out.

  4. 4.

    To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.

  5. 1.

    To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.

    俚语 粗俗

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词源

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

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