chinks

英 [tʃɪŋks]

美 [tʃɪŋks]

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
chink的第三人称单数和复数

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.

双语例句

• A few chinks of light over the past week have many claiming to see the light at the end of the tunnel for the US economy.
  过去一周出现的若干亮点令许多人声称看到了美国经济复苏的曙光。
• Chinks are starting to appear in the president's armour.
  总裁的弱点开始显露出来。
• The duration from the occurrence of penetrating chinks to dyke breaches depends on the composition and cross-sectional size of the dyke body, and the river water level.
  从发生贯穿性漏洞到溃口的时间与堤身组成物、堤身断面大小、江水位高低有关。
• STUPID chinks, do they know how to fight?
  笨中国佬，他们不知道怎么打架吗？
• Based on the optoelectronic inspecting technology, the chinks between knife edge and the generatrices of measured part were measured by the laser scanned inspecting system and using the rotating and axial feed servo systems, and the non contact automatic measurement of straightness error was realized.
  基于光电检测技术，利用回转和轴向进给伺服系统，通过激光扫描检测系统测量刀口尺与被测零件素线之间的间隙，实现了对直线度误差的非接触自动测量。
• Having small chinks or crannies ( especially in or between rocks or stones).
  有细微的裂缝或者缝隙（特别是在岩石、石头之上或者之间）。
• Lets in new light through chinks that Time hath made;
  穿过时间的缝隙，透进了新生的光芒。
• And between them and the white-haired man afar off, was the one small link, that they had once looked in at him through the chinks in the wail.
  他们和远处那白发老头之间有过一点小小的瓜葛：曾从墙缝里窥视过他。
• Coming down somewhat later than usual, I saw, by the sunbeams piercing the chinks of the shutters, Miss Catherine still seated near the fireplace.
  我比平时下楼迟些，靠着百叶窗缝中透进来的阳光，看见凯瑟琳小姐还坐在壁炉房。
• Sunlight filtered through the chinks of the shutters.
  阳光从百叶窗的缝隙中透过来。