中文词源
chunk 大块
来自chuck的鼻音拼写。
英文词源
- chunk (n.)
- "thick block" of something, 1690s, probably a nasalized variant of chuck (n.1) "cut of meat;" meaning "large amount" is 1883, American English.
- chunk (v.)
- "to throw," 1835, American English, from chunk (n.) or by similar mutation from chuck (v.1). Related: Chunked; chunking.
中文解释
chunk <===> hunk.
实用例句
- 1. Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.
- 哈里继承了这座房子以及相当大的一片土地。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
- 苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim.
- 我车子的左前轮撞在一大块松动的路缘石上，导致车胎爆裂、轮辋凹陷。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The manager of a company does not like having a large chunk of his wealth bound up in its shares.
- 一家公司经理不愿意让大笔财富套在股票里。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It's a little chunk of history that they've forgotten to alter.
- 这小块历史,他们忘了改掉啦.
来自英汉文学
