brink

brink /briɳk/
  • danh từ
    • bờ miệng (vực)
      • on the brink of war: bên cạnh hố chiến tranh
      • on the brink of the grave: kề miệng lỗ

 bờ sông

Xem thêm: threshold, verge, verge



brink

Từ điển Collocation

brink noun

ADJ. very

VERB + BRINK be (poised) on, hover on, stand on, teeter on Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery. animals hovering on the very brink of extinction | bring sb to | fight/pull back from | bring/pull sb/sth back from He pulled the company back from the brink (= saved it from disaster).

PREP. ~ of the brink of bankruptcy/death/war


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a region marking a boundary; threshold, verge
  • the edge of a steep place
  • the limit beyond which something happens or changes; verge

    on the verge of tears

    on the brink of bankruptcy


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

brinks
syn.: threshold verge