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brink 音标拼音: [br'ɪŋk] n. 边,边沿,边缘 边,边沿,边缘 brink边侧 brink n 1: a region marking a boundary [ synonym: { brink}, { threshold}, { verge}] 2: the edge of a steep place 3: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; " on the verge of tears"; " on the brink of bankruptcy" [ synonym: { verge}, { brink}] Brink \ Brink\ ( br[ i^][ ng] k), n. [ Dan. brink edge, verge; akin to Sw. brink declivity, hill, Icel. brekka; cf. LG. brink a grassy hill, W. bryn hill, bryncyn hillock.] 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. " The brink of vice." -- Bp. Porteus. " The brink of ruin." -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] The plashy brink of weedy lake. -- Bryant. [ 1913 Webster] brinkmanship35 Moby Thesaurus words for " brink": bank, board, border, bordure, brim, brow, coast, edge, featheredge, flange, frame, fringe, hem, labellum, labium, labrum, ledge, limb, limbus, lip, list, marge, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, ragged edge, rim, selvage, shore, side, sideline, skirt, threshold, verge
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