slink

verb · noun · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

slinks

V_ing/Gerund

slinking

V_ed/pp

slunkslinked

1.
(intransitive)To sneak about furtively.
2.
(ambitransitive)To give birth to an animal prematurely.
a cow that slinks her calf

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

slinks

1.
(countable)A furtive sneaking motion.
2.
(countable, uncountable)The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
3.
(countable, uncountable)The meat of such a prematurely born animal.
4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.
5.
(Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)(UK, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more slink

Superlative

most slink

1.
(Scotland)Thin; lean
Đồng nghĩa: slunken

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

slunken

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (to creep; crawl), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (to creep; crawl), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (to turn; wind; twist), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (to sneak; crawl).