dink

/dɪŋk/ (bre, ipa) · [dˈɪŋk] /dɪŋk/ (ame, ipa) · [dˈɪŋk] /ˈdiŋk How to pronounce dink (audio)/ (ame, mw)

dink — noun

1. in tennis or pickleball, a soft shot that just clears the net and falls short, m

1.名詞C1
釋義

in tennis or pickleball, a soft shot that just clears the net and falls short, making it difficult for the other player to attack

例句

Haruto won the point with a dink that landed just behind the net.

sports: dink + land just behind the net

The coach praised Maeve's dink for pulling her opponent toward the net.

dink + pull opponent toward the net

同義詞
  • drop shot

    the more common tennis term for a softly placed short shot

  • soft shot

    broader and less technical; does not always imply dropping near the net

反義詞
  • smash

    a hard attacking shot hit with power

  • drive

    a firmer, flatter shot hit with speed

文法句型

hit/play a dink

a dink + over/behind the net

用法筆記

Used mainly in tennis and especially pickleball for a controlled shot near the net. It contrasts with a smash or drive because the aim is placement, not power.

常見錯誤

❌He hit a dink from the back line to finish the rally.
✅He hit a hard winner from the back line to finish the rally.
💡a dink is a soft, short shot played to die near the net, not any successful shot.

2. someone in a couple where both adults earn money and they have chosen not to hav

2.名詞C1
釋義

someone in a couple where both adults earn money and they have chosen not to have children

例句

Some magazines target dinks who travel abroad several times each year.

dinks + who-clause

The estate agent showed the flat to a dink looking for city life.

同義詞

文法句型

be a dink

dinks + with + high spending power

用法筆記

Often written as DINK in formal or business writing because it began as an acronym. It appears mostly in marketing, housing, and lifestyle discussion, and can sound casual or slightly label-like.

常見錯誤

❌They are dinks because they do not work and have no children.
✅They are dinks because they both work and do not have children.
💡the term includes two incomes, not only being child-free.

dink — verb