chink是什么意思

chink

英[t???k] 美[t???k]

复数：chinks;

第三人称单数：chinks;

过去式：chinked;

过去分词：chinked;

现在分词：chinking;

词组

a chink in someone's armour
a weak point in someone's character, arguments, or ideas which makes them vulnerable to attack or criticism （性格、论点、观念中的）漏洞，弱点，空子

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

裂缝;裂痕;裂纹

A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
例句
...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。
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.
例句
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 objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound.
例句
...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。
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.

英汉词典释义

英英词典释义

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"

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