1670s, a nautical term, from Dutch kink "twist in a rope" (also found in French and Swedish), probably related to Old Norse kikna "to bend backwards, sink at the knee" (see kick). Figurative sense of "odd notion, mental twist" first recorded in American English, 1803, in writings of Thomas Jefferson. As a verb, 1690s, from the noun.
双语例句
1. What kink did he have in his character?
他性格中有哪些怪癖?
来自柯林斯例句
2. a dog with a kink in its tail
尾巴上有个结的狗
来自《权威词典》
3. He had a kink about it.
他对这件事有一种奇怪的想法.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. KINK is Key Negotiation Protocol based on Kerberos.