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单词 crinkum-crankum
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Definition of crinkum-crankum in English:

crinkum-crankum

noun krɪŋkəmˈkraŋkəmˌkrɪŋkəmˈkræŋkəm
mass nounarchaic

  • Elaborate decoration or detail.

    〈古〉精心的装饰；精心制作的细部

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ay, here's none of your straight lines here, but all taste, zig-zag, crinkum-crankum, in and out, right and left, so and again, twisting like a worm.
    • The crackle-glaze boulder shapes, the crinkum-crankum ledges, the skewed pagoda silhouettes of the mountains belonged to no Occidental geography.

Origin

Mid 17th century: fanciful reduplication of the nouns crank1 and crank2.

Definition of crinkum-crankum in US English:

crinkum-crankum

nounˌkrɪŋkəmˈkræŋkəmˌkriNGkəmˈkraNGkəm
archaic

  • Elaborate decoration or detail.

    〈古〉精心的装饰；精心制作的细部

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ay, here's none of your straight lines here, but all taste, zig-zag, crinkum-crankum, in and out, right and left, so and again, twisting like a worm.
    • The crackle-glaze boulder shapes, the crinkum-crankum ledges, the skewed pagoda silhouettes of the mountains belonged to no Occidental geography.

Origin

Mid 17th century: fanciful reduplication of the nouns crank and crank.
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