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Chink

Chink
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n.

  • 易混淆的单词：chink  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 词典例句

1. N-COUNT 裂缝;裂痕;裂纹 A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it. 

  • ...a chink in the wall...

    墙上的裂缝

  • He peered through a chink in the curtains.

    他透过帘子之间的缝隙偷看。

2. N-COUNT (指从缝隙间透入的光)一束，一缕，一线 A chink of light is a small patch of light that shines through a small opening in something. 

  • I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor.

    我注意到走廊尽头的一缕光线。

3. V-ERG (使)发出叮当声 When objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound. 

  • ...cutlery chinking in the silence...

    寂静中叮当作响的餐具

  • They poured out the rest of the wine and she chinked his mug.

    他们把剩下的酒全倒出来，她和他碰了一下杯。

4. PHRASE (性格或想法的)弱点，缺陷 If you say that someone has a chink in their armour, you mean that they have a small weakness in their character or in their ideas which makes it easy to harm them. 
Noun

1. offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent

2. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

3. a short light metallic sound

Verb

1. make or emit a high sound;

  • "tinkling bells"

2. fill the chinks of, as with caulking

3. make cracks or chinks in;

  • "The heat checked the paint"
1. He watched them secretly,through a chink in the wall.
他透过墙缝暗中监视他们。

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