clinker
n.(一种表面光洁如玻璃的)炼砖,渣块 v.(使)炼成渣
难易程度:
clinker为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:clinkered 过去分词:clinkered 现在分词:clinkering 第三人称单数:clinkers
clinker
/'klɪŋkə(r); `klɪŋkɚ/
n [U] rough stony material left in a furnace, etc after coal has burnt (熔炉等内的)熔渣, 渣块, 煤渣.
clinker
n
[Sense: 1; Date: 1600-1700; Origin: klincard type of brick (1600-1700), from Dutch klinkaard]
[Sense: 2-3; Date: 1900-2000; Origin:CLINK1]
[U and C]
the hard material like rocks, which is left after coal has been burnt
[C]AmE
a bad note in a musical performance
The singer hit a real clinker.
[C]AmE informal something or someone that is a total failure
Most of the songs are good, but there are a few clinkers.