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nounPlural chins, Plural Chins tʃɪntʃɪn The protruding part of the face below the mouth, formed by the apex of the lower jaw. 颏，下巴 grey stubble covered his cheeks and chin Example sentencesExamples - Typical adult females have smaller jaws, noses, and chins, and thus eyes and cheekbones that are more prominent and appear to be larger than in typical males.
- He pulled her closer to him, cupping her chin in the palm of his hand.
- Her face was delicately formed with a thin, shapely nose and a slightly pointed chin.
- The girl's chin quivered, but she did not cry.
- The victim suffered severe cuts to the upper lip, lower lip, the chin and into his neck.
- Ant cupped his chin in his palm as he sized up his brother.
- She leaned her elbows on the windowsill, resting her chin in her hands.
- Glancing down the hallway, he rubbed his chin thoughtfully then tapped out another set of numbers.
- In trying on the helmet, you must hold it by the chin straps.
- The King took the paper and began reading it, scratching his bearded chin.
- He backs slowly away from the door and scratches his chin in thought.
- Adrian shook his head, lowering his chin and raising his hand to check his wig was on straight.
- He had brown eyebrows and some brown facial growth on his chin and around his mouth.
- His fingertips brushed my chin as out our mouths collided, and passionately we kissed under the stars.
- I sat down at the kitchen table and rested my chin in my hands.
- Coby lightly rubbed his chin on my shoulder when a laugh peeled out.
- He had a slightly pointed chin, and flecks of stubble grew there.
- She walked over, encircled her arms about his waist, and propped her chin on his shoulder.
- He yelled, while he stroked his pointy chin with his clawed right hand.
- I lifted his chin with a finger and he stared reluctantly into my eyes.
verbchins tʃɪntʃɪn [with object]1informal Hit or punch (someone) on the chin. 〈非正式〉击打下巴；拳击下巴 he looked about ready to chin someone Example sentencesExamples - If it had been a policeman, a social worker, a teacher, or anybody else for that matter, chinning somebody on television, would we have heard praise from the leader of the government?
- He tells of his 180-bout conventional amateur boxing career which was terminated, Stockin alleges, when his dad chinned a bent official who wanted to bet on him losing.
- Do you have a friend who would be prepared to talk sensibly to this fellow without chinning him?
- In 2002 a training-ground crunching tackle by Olof Mellberg on Ljungberg sparked a fight where both men got chinned and a row simmered for days.
- The fellow who nearly chinned me is a big chap and he's very passionate, as we all are.
- Leaning back into the car at one point to right the passenger seat, I got comprehensively chinned by the headrest and would probably have gone down if the dashboard had not broken my fall.
- A few big shots went in and he seemed to lose interest and rather than get chinned out cold he just wanted to get himself out of there.
- We were real men, we'd have chinned them,’ he laughs.
- Getting chinned by Anthony was one of the best things that could have happened to Lee.
- In the end, he said a few interesting things to Orlando and Orlando chinned him.
- As a heavyweight I chinned 34 of my 35 victims, can you imagine what I am going to do as a cruiser?
- I'd chin them first, then keep chinning them right through the game.
- I figured if I chinned both parties pretty quickly that would stop it.
- But am I going to squawk loudly, jump through the window, chin him and nick his chips?
2Draw one's body up so that one's chin is level with or above (a horizontal bar) with one's feet off the ground, as an exercise. 引体向上 each boy must chin a bar four times Example sentencesExamples - In sports, this move improves performance of pulling and lifting actions, as seen in the martial arts, chinning, and rope, mountain and rock climbing.
- By the time bombardier Billy Wood and navigator John Wilson chinned themselves into position through the nose hatch, I had pumped some of the ground crew for the naked lady's background.
- He raised himself to the top of the crib and chinned himself a couple of times.
- From the very start of his bodybuilding career, the Oak made chinning a priority in his workouts.
Phrasesinformal Remain cheerful in difficult circumstances. 〈非正式〉不气馁，不灰心 keep your chin up, we're not lost yet 别灰心，我们还没输呢。 Example sentencesExamples - I kept my chin up and held back any memories that would cause me to so much as get watery in the eyes.
- However, if you keep your chin up, you can accomplish anything.
- Hairdressers from Williams and Griffin were drafted in to perform the shave and Grace very bravely kept her chin up as her beautiful locks were chopped.
- The main motto of finding work in Sydney is to actively make it your occupation to find an occupation; door knock, badger people, or you can even beg if you want to, but most importantly keep your chin up.
- Memories of your relationship come flooding back and you spend a few days deciding if you should politely decline and send a nice gift, or keep your chin up and RSVP yes.
- I kept my chin up and borrowed a couple of books for references for my report about the difference between a Shape shifter demon and a Beast demon.
- When you're down, its absolutely important that you keep your chin up and keep on fighting.
- ‘She said to me, ‘You just have to keep your chin up.
- He has kept his chin up throughout his treatment and this award would be something good after having such a bad year.
- He never once gave a second thought to hating on himself and he kept his chin up through those dark days of the 1960s when all hell was breakin’ loose because America didn't listen.
- So keep your chin up, dig in to work and rejoice in the fact that the weekend is almost here.
- And somehow she keeps her chin up despite her domineering father and her own lingering sense of disappointment, which together conspire to prevent her from being her own person.
- When I told them about the debacle at Emery, the D.C. program directors told me to keep my chin up and work harder.
- Instead she kept her chin up and walked away from his cell.
- Charlie tells her to keep her chin up and then he disappears.
- Amy's parents will find it just as hard as I did but the most important thing is that you keep your chin up and don't give up hope.
- I intend to fight back and regain my place on the panel and the only way to do that is by keeping my chin up and continuing with my training.
- Sport your suit and keep your chin up and go to Bar St-Laurent on Tuesdays.
- Suzanne Pender talks to Bernadette Fleming who has vowed to keep her chin up against all the odds
- Dad says keep your chin up and your head down and most of all please keep safe.
Accept misfortune courageously or stoically. 勇敢忍受不幸；坦然接受灾祸 one of her great strengths is her ability to take it on the chin Example sentencesExamples - He told one American newspaper: ‘I think I've learnt that I've got to accept that, take it on the chin, and move on.’
- Cullen said he hoped the result encourages the NDP government to recognize that between the mad cow crisis and adverse weather conditions, Manitoba farmers are really taking it on the chin.
- He took it on the chin like an Englishman, and was rather charming, as the very smart (who for some reason tend to be scientists) can do.
- And as it turned out, the Cuban capital took it on the chin.
- England took it on the chin but their pain was severe.
- When the British Jockey Club cracked down on him for his latest misdemeanour, he took it on the chin, accepting that he deserved it, and stating that he was unlikely to return to the saddle again.
- But the die-hard footie fan took it on the chin and said at least he could salvage something out of the day.
- The Connors, though heartbroken at the time, took it on the chin and set about replacing the herd.
- Faced with scrambled nest eggs, sinking pension plans, shaky health coverage and a gloomy job market, record numbers of average Americans are taking it on the chin - and in the wallet.
- Had Webster gone to war it would, unquestionably, have made life more difficult for his team-mates in this critical stage of the season, so he took it on the chin and maintained a dignified silence.
- But like Lex, she took it on the chin and came out winning.
- He's hurting but he took it on the chin and he'll be back.
- So before you go on, does that mean that Swedes just take it on the chin, and that they accept it as a disease and it's not a debate?
- He pointed out: ‘They failed to qualify in Malaysia but took it on the chin and basically stuck with the same team and the same set-up.’
- It was disappointing, but there are a lot of players down south and very few contracts so I took it on the chin.
- We watched the way Hal was grilled at the press conferences, the way he took it on the chin, but the ambassadorial role, which is equally important, he played magnificently well.
- Noble chief executive Richard Elman said all the group's businesses " performed well with one exception: we really took it on the chin in our soyabean operations " to record a US $25 million loss.
- I'm just grateful that Mr Horner did the decent thing and took it on the chin.
- Today I'm here to write a love letter to the people and places of Florida, because they've been taking it on the chin lately, storm-wise, and I'd like them to know I'm thinking of them.
- Some players are going to have to take it on the chin and accept that they still have to learn what it takes to win big games.
Derivativesadjective in combination square-chinned
OriginOld English cin, cinn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin gena 'cheek' and Greek genus 'jaw'. Rhymesagin, akin, begin, Berlin, bin, Boleyn, Bryn, chin-chin, Corinne, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandolin, mandoline, Min, no-win, pin, Pinyin, quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, therein, thin, Tientsin, tin, Tonkin, Turin, twin, underpin, Vietminh, violin, wherein, whin, whipper-in, win, within, Wynne, yin adjectivetʃɪn Relating to the Chin or their language. Example sentencesExamples - But, by the grace of God, the first Chin converts were registered as Christians by Carson in 1904, and baptised during 1905 and 1906.
- Chin refugees from Burma are especially vulnerable.
- One of the people here tonight to see Martin is a young Burmese man from the minority Chin ethnic group.
- If any portion of the plan failed there was still the possibility of retrieving the situation by simply attacking and if either flank attack succeeded it would bring a great advantage to the Chin army.
nounPlural chins, Plural Chins tʃɪn 1A member of a people of south-western Burma (Myanmar) and neighbouring parts of India and Bangladesh. Example sentencesExamples - But groups with their own states include the Karens, Chins, Shans, Kayahs, Arakanese, Mons and Kachins, and retain their distinctive culture and rural customs.
- Myanmar has eight major ethnic groups - Bamas, Kayins, Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Kachins, Chins and Kayahs.
- Perhaps 3 million Burmese, mostly Karens, Kachins, Chins, and Lisu, are Christians who accept animistic rituals like the Burmans, who are mostly Theravada Buddhists.
- In addition there were separate expeditions against the Chins and Lushais on the borders of Burma and Bengal in 1889-90; the Chins in 1892-3; and the Kachins in Upper Burma in 1892-3 and 1895.
- Through the dedicated work of Judson and other missionaries, the gospel of Jesus Christ spread throughout Burma, particularly among minority tribal people groups, such as the Karen, Kachin and Chin.
- There are also significant numbers of Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Pao, Palaung, Lahu, Wa, and Rohingya.
- Ethnic Burmese form the majority at 67.4%, and the remainder includes the Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Chins, Kachins and the Kayahs.
- But less often heard are the voices, the ethnic national minority groups, such as the Karen, the Karenni, the Mon, the Shan, the Chin, the Kachin and so on.
- The Burma Rifles, which normally took recruits only from the Karens, Kachins, and Chins, had formed extra battalions by recruiting Burmans.
- The neighboring areas of Chin, Kachin, and Shan became part of independent Burma.
- The Chin worshipped the spirits of their ancestors and proved difficult to reach with the gospel.
- Civil war erupted, with challenges to central government by the Karens of the Irrawaddy Delta and the Chin, Kayah, and Kachin hill tribes.
- Most Burmese Baptists are members of the major tribal groups, including the Karens and the Chins.
- The Allies supported Burmese guerrillas (largely composed of Kachins, Karens, Shans, Chins, Lushais, and Palaungs), who were able to wreak havoc behind Japanese lines.
- Myanmar's population is divided primarily into seven separate administrative states, in addition to the Burmans: the Chins, the Kachins, the Karens, the Kayahs, the Mons, the Arakenese and the Shans.
2mass noun The Tibeto-Burman language of the Chin, with about 800,000 speakers. Example sentencesExamples - The Chin language descended from Tibeto-Burman language domain.
- Chances are that their children will have non-Chin names and will speak no Chin.
- Thanks to her upbringing by a Karen mother and a Chin father, Phaw speaks both languages, as well as several Chin dialects, in addition to Burmese, the official language of Burma.
OriginFrom Burmese, ‘hill man’. proper nounPlural chins, Plural Chinstʃɪn nounCHintʃɪn The protruding part of the face below the mouth, formed by the apex of the lower jaw. 颏，下巴 Example sentencesExamples - He pulled her closer to him, cupping her chin in the palm of his hand.
- The King took the paper and began reading it, scratching his bearded chin.
- He had a slightly pointed chin, and flecks of stubble grew there.
- I sat down at the kitchen table and rested my chin in my hands.
- He yelled, while he stroked his pointy chin with his clawed right hand.
- Glancing down the hallway, he rubbed his chin thoughtfully then tapped out another set of numbers.
- Adrian shook his head, lowering his chin and raising his hand to check his wig was on straight.
- He backs slowly away from the door and scratches his chin in thought.
- Typical adult females have smaller jaws, noses, and chins, and thus eyes and cheekbones that are more prominent and appear to be larger than in typical males.
- She leaned her elbows on the windowsill, resting her chin in her hands.
- Her face was delicately formed with a thin, shapely nose and a slightly pointed chin.
- I lifted his chin with a finger and he stared reluctantly into my eyes.
- In trying on the helmet, you must hold it by the chin straps.
- Ant cupped his chin in his palm as he sized up his brother.
- His fingertips brushed my chin as out our mouths collided, and passionately we kissed under the stars.
- He had brown eyebrows and some brown facial growth on his chin and around his mouth.
- Coby lightly rubbed his chin on my shoulder when a laugh peeled out.
- She walked over, encircled her arms about his waist, and propped her chin on his shoulder.
- The girl's chin quivered, but she did not cry.
- The victim suffered severe cuts to the upper lip, lower lip, the chin and into his neck.
verbCHintʃɪn [with object]Draw one's body up so as to bring one's chin level with or above (a horizontal bar) with one's feet off the ground, as an exercise. 引体向上 Example sentencesExamples - From the very start of his bodybuilding career, the Oak made chinning a priority in his workouts.
- He raised himself to the top of the crib and chinned himself a couple of times.
- In sports, this move improves performance of pulling and lifting actions, as seen in the martial arts, chinning, and rope, mountain and rock climbing.
- By the time bombardier Billy Wood and navigator John Wilson chinned themselves into position through the nose hatch, I had pumped some of the ground crew for the naked lady's background.
Phrasesinformal Remain cheerful in difficult circumstances. 〈非正式〉不气馁，不灰心 keep your chin up, we're not lost yet 别灰心，我们还没输呢。 Example sentencesExamples - Charlie tells her to keep her chin up and then he disappears.
- The main motto of finding work in Sydney is to actively make it your occupation to find an occupation; door knock, badger people, or you can even beg if you want to, but most importantly keep your chin up.
- When I told them about the debacle at Emery, the D.C. program directors told me to keep my chin up and work harder.
- Amy's parents will find it just as hard as I did but the most important thing is that you keep your chin up and don't give up hope.
- Instead she kept her chin up and walked away from his cell.
- He never once gave a second thought to hating on himself and he kept his chin up through those dark days of the 1960s when all hell was breakin’ loose because America didn't listen.
- Sport your suit and keep your chin up and go to Bar St-Laurent on Tuesdays.
- He has kept his chin up throughout his treatment and this award would be something good after having such a bad year.
- Memories of your relationship come flooding back and you spend a few days deciding if you should politely decline and send a nice gift, or keep your chin up and RSVP yes.
- However, if you keep your chin up, you can accomplish anything.
- Suzanne Pender talks to Bernadette Fleming who has vowed to keep her chin up against all the odds
- So keep your chin up, dig in to work and rejoice in the fact that the weekend is almost here.
- Dad says keep your chin up and your head down and most of all please keep safe.
- I kept my chin up and borrowed a couple of books for references for my report about the difference between a Shape shifter demon and a Beast demon.
- And somehow she keeps her chin up despite her domineering father and her own lingering sense of disappointment, which together conspire to prevent her from being her own person.
- I kept my chin up and held back any memories that would cause me to so much as get watery in the eyes.
- ‘She said to me, ‘You just have to keep your chin up.
- When you're down, its absolutely important that you keep your chin up and keep on fighting.
- Hairdressers from Williams and Griffin were drafted in to perform the shave and Grace very bravely kept her chin up as her beautiful locks were chopped.
- I intend to fight back and regain my place on the panel and the only way to do that is by keeping my chin up and continuing with my training.
Endure or accept misfortune courageously or stoically. 勇敢忍受不幸；坦然接受灾祸 Example sentencesExamples - Today I'm here to write a love letter to the people and places of Florida, because they've been taking it on the chin lately, storm-wise, and I'd like them to know I'm thinking of them.
- I'm just grateful that Mr Horner did the decent thing and took it on the chin.
- Noble chief executive Richard Elman said all the group's businesses " performed well with one exception: we really took it on the chin in our soyabean operations " to record a US $25 million loss.
- Some players are going to have to take it on the chin and accept that they still have to learn what it takes to win big games.
- We watched the way Hal was grilled at the press conferences, the way he took it on the chin, but the ambassadorial role, which is equally important, he played magnificently well.
- He took it on the chin like an Englishman, and was rather charming, as the very smart (who for some reason tend to be scientists) can do.
- So before you go on, does that mean that Swedes just take it on the chin, and that they accept it as a disease and it's not a debate?
- England took it on the chin but their pain was severe.
- The Connors, though heartbroken at the time, took it on the chin and set about replacing the herd.
- But the die-hard footie fan took it on the chin and said at least he could salvage something out of the day.
- Faced with scrambled nest eggs, sinking pension plans, shaky health coverage and a gloomy job market, record numbers of average Americans are taking it on the chin - and in the wallet.
- Cullen said he hoped the result encourages the NDP government to recognize that between the mad cow crisis and adverse weather conditions, Manitoba farmers are really taking it on the chin.
- It was disappointing, but there are a lot of players down south and very few contracts so I took it on the chin.
- He told one American newspaper: ‘I think I've learnt that I've got to accept that, take it on the chin, and move on.’
- And as it turned out, the Cuban capital took it on the chin.
- He pointed out: ‘They failed to qualify in Malaysia but took it on the chin and basically stuck with the same team and the same set-up.’
- Had Webster gone to war it would, unquestionably, have made life more difficult for his team-mates in this critical stage of the season, so he took it on the chin and maintained a dignified silence.
- But like Lex, she took it on the chin and came out winning.
- When the British Jockey Club cracked down on him for his latest misdemeanour, he took it on the chin, accepting that he deserved it, and stating that he was unlikely to return to the saddle again.
- He's hurting but he took it on the chin and he'll be back.
OriginOld English cin, cinn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin gena ‘cheek’ and Greek genus ‘jaw’. adjective Relating to the Chin or their language. Example sentencesExamples - One of the people here tonight to see Martin is a young Burmese man from the minority Chin ethnic group.
- Chin refugees from Burma are especially vulnerable.
- But, by the grace of God, the first Chin converts were registered as Christians by Carson in 1904, and baptised during 1905 and 1906.
- If any portion of the plan failed there was still the possibility of retrieving the situation by simply attacking and if either flank attack succeeded it would bring a great advantage to the Chin army.
noun 1A member of a people of southwestern Burma (Myanmar) and neighboring parts of India and Bangladesh. Example sentencesExamples - Myanmar's population is divided primarily into seven separate administrative states, in addition to the Burmans: the Chins, the Kachins, the Karens, the Kayahs, the Mons, the Arakenese and the Shans.
- But groups with their own states include the Karens, Chins, Shans, Kayahs, Arakanese, Mons and Kachins, and retain their distinctive culture and rural customs.
- Ethnic Burmese form the majority at 67.4%, and the remainder includes the Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Chins, Kachins and the Kayahs.
- The neighboring areas of Chin, Kachin, and Shan became part of independent Burma.
- The Allies supported Burmese guerrillas (largely composed of Kachins, Karens, Shans, Chins, Lushais, and Palaungs), who were able to wreak havoc behind Japanese lines.
- Most Burmese Baptists are members of the major tribal groups, including the Karens and the Chins.
- Through the dedicated work of Judson and other missionaries, the gospel of Jesus Christ spread throughout Burma, particularly among minority tribal people groups, such as the Karen, Kachin and Chin.
- Perhaps 3 million Burmese, mostly Karens, Kachins, Chins, and Lisu, are Christians who accept animistic rituals like the Burmans, who are mostly Theravada Buddhists.
- The Burma Rifles, which normally took recruits only from the Karens, Kachins, and Chins, had formed extra battalions by recruiting Burmans.
- Myanmar has eight major ethnic groups - Bamas, Kayins, Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Kachins, Chins and Kayahs.
- Civil war erupted, with challenges to central government by the Karens of the Irrawaddy Delta and the Chin, Kayah, and Kachin hill tribes.
- The Chin worshipped the spirits of their ancestors and proved difficult to reach with the gospel.
- There are also significant numbers of Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Pao, Palaung, Lahu, Wa, and Rohingya.
- But less often heard are the voices, the ethnic national minority groups, such as the Karen, the Karenni, the Mon, the Shan, the Chin, the Kachin and so on.
- In addition there were separate expeditions against the Chins and Lushais on the borders of Burma and Bengal in 1889-90; the Chins in 1892-3; and the Kachins in Upper Burma in 1892-3 and 1895.
2The Tibeto-Burman language of the Chin, with about 800,000 speakers. Example sentencesExamples - Chances are that their children will have non-Chin names and will speak no Chin.
- Thanks to her upbringing by a Karen mother and a Chin father, Phaw speaks both languages, as well as several Chin dialects, in addition to Burmese, the official language of Burma.
- The Chin language descended from Tibeto-Burman language domain.
OriginFrom Burmese, ‘hill man’. |