单词 | unkink |
释义 | unˈkink, v. [un-2 3, 7.] a. trans. To take the kinks out of, to smooth, to straighten. b. intr. To lose the kinks, become straight. Also fig.
1891Kipling & Balestier in Cent. Mag. Dec. 193/1 Tarvin got himself out of the cart, unfolding his long stiffened legs..and unkinking his muscles one by one. 1947Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 20 Mar. 8 Designed to un-kink highways. 1947J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus ii. 18 Unkinking the cable behind him on the ground. 1972C. Short Blue-Eyed Boy viii. 82 Gradually my soul began to unkink. 1980J. McNeil Spy Game xiv. 138 The road unkinked and far ahead Corrigan was hopping past a goods van. |

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