cinch

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cinch1 /sɪntʃ/ noun [singular] informal  1  EASYsomething that is very easy 极容易的事情 ‘How was the exam?’ ‘Oh, it was a cinch!’ “考试怎么样？”“噢，容易得很！”be a cinch to do something The program is a cinch to install. 这个程序很容易安装。2  CERTAINLY/DEFINITELY American English something that will definitely happen, or someone who will definitely do something 必然发生的事；必做某事的人be a cinch to do something Most observers say the president is a cinch to win re-election. 大多数观察家都说总统必定能够再次当选。

Examples from the Corpus

cinch• I doubted that the load could be lifted, but Leese said it would be a cinch.• Edith finds the cooking a cinch.• There was no manual with the beta version, but the package as a whole is a cinch to use.• He used the third to make a cinch between her hands and the chair's bottom rail.• After that, he was on his own, but the thousand dollars was a cinch.• Today Astrid wore a white satiny dress with a wide gold cinch belt.• Making an ocean is no cinch.be a cinch to do something• Good pie crust is a cinch to make.• The L.A. Dodgers are a cinch to win the division.• Equally important, the battle. net site is a cinch to get to.• There was no manual with the beta version, but the package as a whole is a cinch to use.be a cinch to do something• Equally important, the battle. net site is a cinch to get to.• There was no manual with the beta version, but the package as a whole is a cinch to use.cinch2 verb [transitive]  1  DCto pull a belt, strap etc tightly around something 给…系上带子 a blue dress cinched at the waist by a wide belt 腰间系着一条宽腰带的蓝色连衣裙2  CERTAINLY/DEFINITELY American English to make something certain to happen 确保，稳保 They cinched a place in the play-off. 他们稳稳当当地进入了季后赛。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

cinch• She had tinted blond hair, large glasses, a blue dress cinched at the waist by a wide glossy belt.• She had her dress cinched at the waist with a belt.• A piece of rope still cinched his neck.• The zip gaped open an inch at his waist, which was cinched in far too tightly by a fake crocodile belt.• The Los Angeles conference really cinched it for me.• Brown hopes to cinch the deal by Monday.Origin cinch1 (1800-1900) Spanish cincha “leather band around a horse”, from Latin cingula

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cinch¹ /sɪntʃ/ noun [singular] informal1. something that is very easy:
    ‘How was the exam?’ ‘Oh, it was a cinch!’
    be a cinch to do something
    The program is a cinch to install.
2. American English something that will definitely happen, or someone who will definitely do something
    be a cinch to do something
    Most observers say the President is a cinch to win re-election.

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cinch² verb [transitive]
1. to pull a belt, strap etc tightly around something:
    a blue dress cinched at the waist by a wide belt
2. American English to make something certain to happen:
    They cinched a place in the play-off.