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词汇 cinch
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Definition of cinch in English:

cinch

noun sɪn(t)ʃsɪn(t)ʃ
  • 1informal An extremely easy task.

    〈非正式〉极其容易做的事情

    the program was a cinch to use

    这个程序使用起来太容易了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once I met the challenge of getting there for under $500, keeping costs down was a cinch.
    • You would think that occupying my time would be a cinch.
    • Running both Germany and UK will be a cinch for her.
    • Life should be a cinch for a wine-loving pop star.
    • You would think that it would be a cinch to give an exciting or glamorous, or appropriately poetic, account of 36 hours in Rome.
    • All this makes vote fraud a cinch.
    • The club is located just around the corner, so getting there is a cinch.
    • Question 5 will be a cinch if you are a bit of a telly watcher.
    • For real poor people this should be a cinch; a real work-from-home opportunity.
    • If you know the child well enough, buying that perfect gift is a cinch.
    • Cleaning silicone toys is a cinch: you can boil them or throw them in the dishwasher.
    • What we learned at the time from some of the world's leading security experts was that breaking into even the most sensitive sites on the Internet was a cinch.
    • With this lemonade concentrate in the refrigerator, making a cold drink is a cinch.
    • It's a cinch to make your own ‘convenience-type’ food.
    • It was a cinch getting insurance for me because I was 30, even though I had never driven unaccompanied.
    • This is not the most sophisticated-looking dish but it's a cinch to prepare and tastes terrific.
    • It made broadcasting from Antarctica seem like a cinch.
    • As Bayard reminded me, it was a cinch to find it on the internet.
    • Writing is hard work; talking is a cinch.
    • For people intimidated by new technology, even this process is a cinch!
    Synonyms
    easy task, easy job, child's play, five-finger exercise, gift, walkover, nothing
    informal doddle, walk in the park, piece of cake, picnic, money for old rope, money for jam, breeze, sitter, kids' stuff, cushy job/number, doss, cakewalk, pushover
    North American informal duck soup, snap
    Australian/New Zealand informal bludge, snack
    South African informal a piece of old tackie
    dated snip
    British vulgar slang a piece of piss
    See also: easy
    1. 1.1North American A sure thing; a certainty.
      必定的事;毫无疑问的事
      he was a cinch to take a prize

      他肯定会得奖。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Just treat me nice, Omnus, and you'll be a cinch to win that position.
      • Seemingly every palazzo had a party, but the winner was a cinch.
      • He was a cinch to cast as the wicked wizard Jafar in Aladdin.
      • Al Hirschfeld had not only made it to 99, he seemed a cinch to hit 100.
      • At the time, Hull had racked up 27 goals and he seemed a cinch to break his own record of 50 goals set in 1962.
      • How many times have we seen horses who look like cinches get beat?
      • After a lackluster performance, it was a cinch for the judges to send him home.
      Synonyms
      certainty, sure thing
      informal cert, dead cert
  • 2North American A girth for a Western saddle or pack of a type used mainly in Mexico and the western US.

    〈主北美〉(主要用于墨西哥,美国西部的)一种类型的西部马鞍肚带

    they watered the horses and loosed the cinches
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A wet cinch was a damned nuisance, and the soaked saddle fenders weren't adding to the pleasure of the night.
    • Use clean tack, saddle pads, and cinches / girths, and make sure your saddle fits your horse.
    • Adam had checked his cinch then stepped into the stirrup before swinging on to the chestnut stallion.
    • John's completed saddles are 100% ready to ride with their custom mohair cinches, latigo and stirrups.
    • Coby's great uncle tightened the cinch and put a boot in the little mare's saddle stirrup.
    • How about a more traditional stock saddle, with a hand-tooled leather skirt and a rope cinch?
    • Sometimes I would throw a stirrup over a saddle to tighten the cinch.
    • He tightened up his cinches and stepped back aboard.
    • Adam swung his saddle onto Sport's back and bent to tighten the cinch.
    • After quickly brushing Mesa, I began to saddle him up, carefully tightening the cinch.
    • As she tightened the cinch of the saddle again she swore she wasn't going to go back to the cabin just yet.
    • She didn't slide up into the saddle, she jerked the cinch and used her spurs before I'd even pitched.
    • Kemp walked to his horse, tightened the cinch on his saddle and walked it past men standing around talking.
    • Tack is not defined, but presumably means saddle and bridle and normal accessories, such as girths, cinches and saddle pads.
verb sɪn(t)ʃsɪn(t)ʃ
[with object]North American
  • 1Secure (a garment) with a belt.

    用带子系(衣服)

    my cut-offs are cinched by a belt
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've cinched my belts inward relentlessly, drilling new holes as the slimming down process did its job.
    • It was tucked into his jeans under a black belt cinched tight around his slim waist.
    • He pulled the white gloves from the leather belt that cinched his tunic at his waist and tugged them over his hands.
    • But any sensible reptile at Cable Beach wouldn't dare mess with David when they see the crocodile skin belt cinching his trousers!
    • The crew in the back of the aircraft was cinching down their safety belts and shoulder harnesses.
    • Along with the fedora, he also wore a robe, cinched closed by a belt.
    • I ran a trembling hand through my wet hair, then cinched my white robe tighter around my waist.
    • Instead, you pull your jeans up high and cinch them with a belt.
    • Clothing droops and drifts on his small body; faded denim pants slip despite cinching with a braided belt.
    • She poked a few more holes in the belt and then cinched it around her waist.
    • She rolled out of bed and had just cinched the belt on her bathrobe when she heard tapping on her window.
    • Aching from head to toe, Clara pulled the thick, heavy robe around her waist and cinched the belt tighter.
    • She stood there cinching her robe until Lester came out of the kitchen.
    • Don't you just love this long cinched white jacket?
    • Always wear a sturdy weightlifting belt cinched tightly when doing heavy deadlifts.
    • She grabbed a belt from the dresser, cinching it tight to keep the jeans up.
    • A finely-crafted leather belt was cinched loosely around her waist.
    • Too-large dress shirts can be cinched with a belt to accentuate your figure.
    • The wasp waist, achieved with the help of a corset and a tightly cinched belt, became popular at the end of the nineteenth century.
    • I was a bit of a rockabilly in those days, and I used to wear circle skirts with tight polo-necked tops and a very, very cinched waist.
    1. 1.1 Fix (a saddle) securely by means of a girth.
      用肚带系紧(马鞍);给(马)系上肚带
      when I caught up with him he was cinching up the saddle on Rose
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Joshua cinched the girth on his horse's saddle, pulling it tight and swinging upon the animal's broad back with ease.
      • She cinched it up pretty tight and went to get the bridle.
      • He instructed me on how to correctly place the saddle and cinch it up.
      • He was throwing the saddle over the back of the big black horse and was cinching it down as I peppered him with questions.
      • As soon as I come out of the show ring I have to immediately cinch up the saddle.
      • The saddle had been girthed and cinched tight to him.
      • The stable man worked quickly, putting a velvet saddle blanket on, then the saddle, which he cinched securely.
      • He gave her one look before he finished cinching the saddle.
      • After cinching the saddle tightly around the donkey's belly, she adjusted the balance of the baskets.
  • 2informal Make certain of.

    〈非正式〉确保

    his advice cinched her decision to accept the offer

    他的劝告确保了她决定接受提议。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each time she came so close, but just couldn't cinch it.
    • The night I came home to find my CD player broken and all my wine drunk cinched it.
    • But the decision was cinched by an email from my 10-year-old niece.
    • If you need further convincing, perhaps this will cinch the deal.
    • I took her hands and we did a walkaround, and she smiled back at me and the deal was cinched.
    • I guess it was being born on a Friday that cinched it for me.
    • This quote is what cinches my position.
    • That cinched it: I knew I was going to college because I couldn't exactly give up a scholarship, right?
    • Susie's domination here, however, cinched her first-place victory and secured her a place in fitness history as the only three-time winner.
    • Okay Mark, that cinches it: You have no taste in music.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in sense 2 of the noun): from Spanish cincha 'girth'.

  • The first recorded use of cinch, ‘something that is easy to achieve’, was as a term for a girth of a saddle that was made from separate twisted strands of horsehair. It was used in Mexico and the western USA, and is a Spanish word. The link between the original meaning and the modern one is the idea of having a firm or secure hold on something.

Rhymes

clinch, finch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch

Definition of cinch in US English:

cinch

nounsin(t)SHsɪn(t)ʃ
  • 1informal An extremely easy task.

    〈非正式〉极其容易做的事情

    the program was a cinch to use

    这个程序使用起来太容易了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Question 5 will be a cinch if you are a bit of a telly watcher.
    • With this lemonade concentrate in the refrigerator, making a cold drink is a cinch.
    • Writing is hard work; talking is a cinch.
    • The club is located just around the corner, so getting there is a cinch.
    • Running both Germany and UK will be a cinch for her.
    • As Bayard reminded me, it was a cinch to find it on the internet.
    • If you know the child well enough, buying that perfect gift is a cinch.
    • You would think that it would be a cinch to give an exciting or glamorous, or appropriately poetic, account of 36 hours in Rome.
    • Once I met the challenge of getting there for under $500, keeping costs down was a cinch.
    • What we learned at the time from some of the world's leading security experts was that breaking into even the most sensitive sites on the Internet was a cinch.
    • This is not the most sophisticated-looking dish but it's a cinch to prepare and tastes terrific.
    • For people intimidated by new technology, even this process is a cinch!
    • All this makes vote fraud a cinch.
    • Cleaning silicone toys is a cinch: you can boil them or throw them in the dishwasher.
    • It was a cinch getting insurance for me because I was 30, even though I had never driven unaccompanied.
    • For real poor people this should be a cinch; a real work-from-home opportunity.
    • It made broadcasting from Antarctica seem like a cinch.
    • Life should be a cinch for a wine-loving pop star.
    • You would think that occupying my time would be a cinch.
    • It's a cinch to make your own ‘convenience-type’ food.
    Synonyms
    easy, uncomplicated, not difficult, undemanding, unexacting, unchallenging, effortless, painless, trouble-free, facile, simple, straightforward, elementary, idiot-proof, plain sailing, a walkover, a gift, nothing
    1. 1.1North American A sure thing; a certainty.
      必定的事;毫无疑问的事
      he was a cinch to take a prize

      他肯定会得奖。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Al Hirschfeld had not only made it to 99, he seemed a cinch to hit 100.
      • At the time, Hull had racked up 27 goals and he seemed a cinch to break his own record of 50 goals set in 1962.
      • He was a cinch to cast as the wicked wizard Jafar in Aladdin.
      • Seemingly every palazzo had a party, but the winner was a cinch.
      • Just treat me nice, Omnus, and you'll be a cinch to win that position.
      • After a lackluster performance, it was a cinch for the judges to send him home.
      • How many times have we seen horses who look like cinches get beat?
      Synonyms
      certainty, sure thing
  • 2North American A girth for a Western saddle or pack.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Kemp walked to his horse, tightened the cinch on his saddle and walked it past men standing around talking.
    • How about a more traditional stock saddle, with a hand-tooled leather skirt and a rope cinch?
    • Tack is not defined, but presumably means saddle and bridle and normal accessories, such as girths, cinches and saddle pads.
    • After quickly brushing Mesa, I began to saddle him up, carefully tightening the cinch.
    • A wet cinch was a damned nuisance, and the soaked saddle fenders weren't adding to the pleasure of the night.
    • As she tightened the cinch of the saddle again she swore she wasn't going to go back to the cabin just yet.
    • Use clean tack, saddle pads, and cinches / girths, and make sure your saddle fits your horse.
    • He tightened up his cinches and stepped back aboard.
    • John's completed saddles are 100% ready to ride with their custom mohair cinches, latigo and stirrups.
    • Adam had checked his cinch then stepped into the stirrup before swinging on to the chestnut stallion.
    • She didn't slide up into the saddle, she jerked the cinch and used her spurs before I'd even pitched.
    • Sometimes I would throw a stirrup over a saddle to tighten the cinch.
    • Coby's great uncle tightened the cinch and put a boot in the little mare's saddle stirrup.
    • Adam swung his saddle onto Sport's back and bent to tighten the cinch.
verbsin(t)SHsɪn(t)ʃ
[with object]North American
  • 1Secure (a garment) with a belt.

    用带子系(衣服)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Aching from head to toe, Clara pulled the thick, heavy robe around her waist and cinched the belt tighter.
    • Along with the fedora, he also wore a robe, cinched closed by a belt.
    • Don't you just love this long cinched white jacket?
    • She grabbed a belt from the dresser, cinching it tight to keep the jeans up.
    • The crew in the back of the aircraft was cinching down their safety belts and shoulder harnesses.
    • Too-large dress shirts can be cinched with a belt to accentuate your figure.
    • Instead, you pull your jeans up high and cinch them with a belt.
    • A finely-crafted leather belt was cinched loosely around her waist.
    • I was a bit of a rockabilly in those days, and I used to wear circle skirts with tight polo-necked tops and a very, very cinched waist.
    • She stood there cinching her robe until Lester came out of the kitchen.
    • Always wear a sturdy weightlifting belt cinched tightly when doing heavy deadlifts.
    • He pulled the white gloves from the leather belt that cinched his tunic at his waist and tugged them over his hands.
    • But any sensible reptile at Cable Beach wouldn't dare mess with David when they see the crocodile skin belt cinching his trousers!
    • She poked a few more holes in the belt and then cinched it around her waist.
    • The wasp waist, achieved with the help of a corset and a tightly cinched belt, became popular at the end of the nineteenth century.
    • I've cinched my belts inward relentlessly, drilling new holes as the slimming down process did its job.
    • She rolled out of bed and had just cinched the belt on her bathrobe when she heard tapping on her window.
    • It was tucked into his jeans under a black belt cinched tight around his slim waist.
    • I ran a trembling hand through my wet hair, then cinched my white robe tighter around my waist.
    • Clothing droops and drifts on his small body; faded denim pants slip despite cinching with a braided belt.
    1. 1.1 Fix (a saddle) securely by means of a girth; girth up (a horse).
      用肚带系紧(马鞍);给(马)系上肚带
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He instructed me on how to correctly place the saddle and cinch it up.
      • As soon as I come out of the show ring I have to immediately cinch up the saddle.
      • Joshua cinched the girth on his horse's saddle, pulling it tight and swinging upon the animal's broad back with ease.
      • The saddle had been girthed and cinched tight to him.
      • He was throwing the saddle over the back of the big black horse and was cinching it down as I peppered him with questions.
      • She cinched it up pretty tight and went to get the bridle.
      • He gave her one look before he finished cinching the saddle.
      • The stable man worked quickly, putting a velvet saddle blanket on, then the saddle, which he cinched securely.
      • After cinching the saddle tightly around the donkey's belly, she adjusted the balance of the baskets.
  • 2informal Make certain of.

    〈非正式〉确保

    his advice cinched her decision to accept the offer

    他的劝告确保了她决定接受提议。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each time she came so close, but just couldn't cinch it.
    • Okay Mark, that cinches it: You have no taste in music.
    • If you need further convincing, perhaps this will cinch the deal.
    • Susie's domination here, however, cinched her first-place victory and secured her a place in fitness history as the only three-time winner.
    • But the decision was cinched by an email from my 10-year-old niece.
    • I guess it was being born on a Friday that cinched it for me.
    • The night I came home to find my CD player broken and all my wine drunk cinched it.
    • That cinched it: I knew I was going to college because I couldn't exactly give up a scholarship, right?
    • I took her hands and we did a walkaround, and she smiled back at me and the deal was cinched.
    • This quote is what cinches my position.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in cinch (sense 2 of the noun)): from Spanish cincha ‘girth’.

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