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.
雙語例句
1. What kink did he have in his character?
他性格中有哪些怪癖？
來自柯林斯例句
2. a dog with a kink in its tail
尾巴上有個結的狗
來自《權威詞典》
3. He had a kink about it.
他對這件事有一種奇怪的想法.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. KINK is Key Negotiation Protocol based on Kerberos.