sinker

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which sinks or descends.
  2. One who sinks something.
    — McLachlan's value as a coal miner was enhanced by the specialized skill he learned as a shaft-sinker.
  3. A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
    — Hook the sinker onto this loop.
  4. Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball.
    — His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.
  5. A sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
  6. A doughnut; a biscuit. slang
    — Of the fifty cents, ten went for the glassy shoeshine; twenty-five for a boutonniere; ten for coffee and sinkers at the Cockeyed Bakery.
  7. In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.

词形变化

sinkers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
diesinker jack-sinker sinkerball sinkerless tanksinker well sinker

词源

Etymology tree
English sink
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English sinker
From sink + -er.
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