词汇 | slink |
词根词缀 | 词源: O.E. slincan "to creep, crawl" (of reptiles), from P.Gmc. *slenkanan (cf. Swed. slinka "to glide," Du. slinken "to shrink, shrivel;" related to sling (v.)). Of persons, attested from late 14c. Slinky (adj.) "sinuous and slender," of women or clothes, first attested 1921. As a proprietary name for a spring marketed as a toy, 1948, by James Industries Inc., Philadelphia, U.S.A. |
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