chunk

chunk

英 [tʃʌŋk]
　　美 [tʃʌŋk]

n. 大塊；矮胖的人或物

中文詞源：

chunk 大塊

來自chuck的鼻音拼寫。

例句：

1. Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.
哈裡繼承瞭這座房子以及相當大的一片土地。

2. Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
蘇黎世的富足最初來自於14世紀對絲綢貿易的高度壟斷。

3. A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim.
我車子的左前輪撞在一大塊松動的路緣石上，導致車胎爆裂、輪輞凹陷。

4. The manager of a company does not like having a large chunk of his wealth bound up in its shares.
一傢公司經理不願意讓大筆財富套在股票裡。

5. It's a little chunk of history that they've forgotten to alter.
這小塊歷史,他們忘瞭改掉啦.