Brink
[brɪŋk]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.
編輯:维姬
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Edge, border, margin, verge, brow.
埃米莉錄入
解釋/意思:
n. the edge or border of a steep place or of a river: (fig.) the very verge of time at the very point of something—e.g. To be on the brink of death.
伊迪丝錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Since I must go away--since we must always be divided--you may think of me as one on the brink of the grave. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- At length he summoned me by a low, S-s-t, and I crept toward the sound of his voice to find him kneeling on the brink of an opening in the floor. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Were we to fail on the very brink of success? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- For a second I toppled there upon the brink. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I did not know before, that I had two daughters on the brink of matrimony. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I feel as sure as I sit here, Fred will turn out well--else why was he brought back from the brink of the grave? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I took up the stick, and knelt down on the brink of the South Spit. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- His father’s shop burned, and the whole family seemed on the brink of ruin. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Each on the brink of departure, the father and son looked at each other, then parted. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Diggory, having returned to the brink of the pool, observed that the small upper hatches or floats were withdrawn. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Thus tottering on the dizzy brink, we were happy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- This did not lead well towards the news that Mr. Garth was on the brink of losing ninety-two pounds and more. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She has no strength of will or character to help herself and she is on the brink of being sold into wretchedness for life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
整理:米莉