[N-COUNT 可数名词]裂缝;裂痕;裂纹 A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
[usu N in n]
...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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
[N of n]
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。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)发出叮当声 When objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound.
[V]
[V n]
...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。
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[PHRASE 短语](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.
[chink inflects]
Oxford
chink/tʃɪŋk; NAmEtʃɪŋk/
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verb
chinkchinkschinkedchinkingnoun1a narrow opening in sth, especially one that lets light through (尤指光线可进入的)裂口,缝隙,裂缝◆a chink in the curtains窗帘上的缝隙2~ of lighta small area of light shining through a narrow opening 一缕,一束,一线(从缝隙间射入的光)3[usually singular ]the light ringing sound that is made when glass objects or coins touch (玻璃物品或硬币的)轻微碰撞声,叮当声◆the chink of glasses玻璃杯相碰的叮当声IDIOMa chink in sb's ˈarmoura weak point in sb's argument, character, etc, that can be used in an attack (论点、性格等易受攻击的)弱点,缺陷,薄弱环节verb[intransitive , transitive ]when glasses, coins or other glass or metal objects chinkor when you chinkthem, they make a light ringing sound (使)叮当响SYN
clink
◆the sound of bottles chinking瓶子叮当的碰撞声chinksth ◆We chinked glasses and drank to each other's health.我们互相碰杯,祝对方身体健康。chink/tʃɪŋk; NAmEtʃɪŋk/Chink/tʃɪŋk; NAmEtʃɪŋk/noun( taboo,slang) a very offensive word for a Chinese person (对中国人的蔑称)中国佬ChinkChinksChink/tʃɪŋk; NAmEtʃɪŋk/
LDC
chink1 noun
chink2 verb
chinkchink1 /tʃɪŋk/ noun
Word Origin
Examples
Phrases
1[countable] a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together, that lets light or air throughSYN crackchink in The sun came through a chink in the curtains.2[countable] British English a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each otherSYN clink: the chink of coins3a chink in somebody’s armour a weakness in someone’s character or in something they have said, that you can use to attack them
chink1 noun
chink2 verb
chinkchink2 verb [intransitive, transitive] British English
Verb Table
Examples
if glass or metal objects chink, or if you chink them, they make a high ringing sound when they knock togetherSYN clink: They chinked their glasses and drank a toast to the couple.
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