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rink

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Other sports
rink /rɪŋk/ noun [countable]  1. DSOa specially prepared area of ice that you can skate on 滑冰场 SYN ice rink2. DSOa special area with a smooth surface where you can go around on roller skates 旱冰场 SYN skating rink
Examples from the Corpus
rinkA permanent 5-inch thick ice rink is created at the beginning of the hockey season.They have nice rinks and people, too.They settled first at Bournemouth, where Margie and Jenny had begged to go because it had a professional skating rink.But the rink has been losing around £300,000 a year.It includes never-before-seen footage away from the rink, comments from players and game highlights.The rink was on two levels and had an Alpine atmosphere to it with pine trees and the snowflake effects.
Origin rink (1300-1400) Old French renc place, row
rink nounChinese
that ice a prepared area of specially Corpus


rink
rink /rɪŋk/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: renc 'place, row'
1. a specially prepared area of ice that you can skate on
   SYN  ice rink
2. a special area with a smooth surface where you can go around on roller skates
   SYN  skating rink


rinkBrE /rɪŋk/ 🔊NAmE /rɪŋk/ 🔊 noun = ice rink = skating rink