chink

英 [tʃɪŋk]

美 [tʃɪŋk]

n. (尤指光线可进入的)裂口，缝隙，裂缝; 一缕，一束，一线(从缝隙间射入的光); (玻璃物品或硬币的)轻微碰撞声，叮当声
v. (使)叮当响

复数：chinks　现在分词：chinking　过去式：chinked　第三人称单数：chinks　过去分词：chinked　

IELTS

BNC.19276 / COCA.22752

同义词辨析

gap breach break chink cleft【导航词义：裂缝】

gapn. 裂缝；差距

〔辨析〕

指同一物体的两部分或两者之间的空间、差别、差距等。

〔例证〕

There is a gap in the wall.
墙上有道裂缝。
He pushed through a gap which the man was repairing.
他冲过那个人正在修补的一个缺口。
The gap between the two parties has narrowed considerably.
双方的隔阂已大大缩小。

breachn. 裂口，缺口

〔辨析〕

指防护墙、堤坝等上的缺口。

〔例证〕

There is a breach in the castle wall.
城堡墙壁上有个缺口。
The waves made a breach in the sea wall.
海浪将防波堤冲开了一个缺口。

breakn. 裂口，裂缝

〔辨析〕

普通用词，可指各种事物的裂隙、缺口等。

〔例证〕

There is a break in the water pipe.
水管上有个裂口。
The moon shone through a break in the clouds.
月光透过云层的缝隙照射下来。

chinkn. 裂缝，裂隙

〔辨析〕

指墙上、窗帘接合部之间等可透过风、光线的小裂缝。

〔例证〕

Wind came through a chink in the wall.
风从墙上的裂缝中透了进来。
Through a chink in the wall she could see a bit of the blue sky.
透过墙上的缝隙她可以看到一线蓝天。

cleftn. 裂缝，裂口

〔辨析〕

尤指岩石等表面自然的裂缝。

〔例证〕

He was stuck in a cleft of the rocks.
他被卡在一个岩石缝里。
He hid the message in a cleft of the stone.
他把情报藏在石头的裂缝里。

习惯用语

a chink in sb's armour

（论点、性格等易受攻击的）弱点，缺陷，薄弱环节
a weak point in sb's argument, character, etc., that can be used in an attack

牛津词典

noun

（尤指光线可进入的）裂口，缝隙，裂缝
a narrow opening in sth, especially one that lets light through
1. a chink in the curtains
  窗帘上的缝隙
一缕，一束，一线（从缝隙间射入的光）
a small area of light shining through a narrow opening
（玻璃物品或硬币的）轻微碰撞声，叮当声
the light ringing sound that is made when glass objects or coins touch
1. the chink of glasses
  玻璃杯相碰的叮当声

verb

（使）叮当响
when glasses, coins or other glass or metal objects chink or when you chink them, they make a light ringing sound
1. the sound of bottles chinking
  瓶子叮当的碰撞声
2. We chinked glasses and drank to each other's health.
  我们互相碰杯，祝对方身体健康。

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 裂缝;裂痕;裂纹
Achinkin a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
1. ...a chink in the wall...
  墙上的裂缝
2. He peered through a chink in the curtains.
  他透过帘子之间的缝隙偷看。
N-COUNT (指从缝隙间透入的光)一束，一缕，一线
Achink oflight is a small patch of light that shines through a small opening in something.
1. 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。
V-ERG (使)发出叮当声
When objectschink, or youchinkthem, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound.
1. ...cutlery chinking in the silence...
  寂静中叮当作响的餐具
2. 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。
(性格或想法的)弱点，缺陷
If you say that someone has achink intheirarmour, you mean that they have a small weakness in their character or in their ideas which makes it easy to harm them.

英英释义

noun

a short light metallic sound
Synonym:clickclink
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
Synonym:Chinaman

verb

make cracks or chinks in
1. The heat checked the paint
Synonym:check
fill the chinks of, as with caulking
make or emit a high sound
1. tinkling bells
Synonym:tinkletinkclink

双语例句

Select site and position in the blank and chink that the large-scale supermarket leave to us;
在大型超市留给我们的空白和缝隙中选址和定位；
Many people need water to chink to cook and to clean.
许多人们需要用水来煮饭来打扫清理。
I could hear the spoons chink in the glasses.
我听到调羹在玻璃杯中叮当作响。
In its standing open, even by so much as that chink, there seemed to be hope.
门是开着的，那怕只有细细的一条缝，但这却似乎存在着希望。
Through a chink she could see a bit of blue sky.
从缝隙中他可以看到一线蓝天。
The chink section of relative rest must be taken as the reference datum of shearing leakance direction.
剪切泄漏的方向应以缝隙中相对静止的断面为参照基准；
He peered through a chink in the curtains.
他透过帘子之间的缝隙偷看。
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。
But the word is also a racial slur against Chinese people.
但同时Chink这个词也是对中国人带有种族主义的蔑称。
He peeped through a chink in the fence.
他从围栏的缝隙窥视。