chink

noun

1. （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
2. 一缕，一束，一线（从缝隙间射入的光）
   a small area of light shining through a narrow opening
3. （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

1. （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。

1. N-COUNT 裂缝;裂痕;裂纹
   A chink in 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。
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.
   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。
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.
   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。
4. (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.

1. He peered through a chink in the curtains.
   他透过帘子之间的缝隙偷看。
2. 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. 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. Man's life in this world is as brief as a glimpse of a white colt flashing past a chink in the wall.
   人生一世间，如白驹过隙。
5. I leave you all to think If such a little chink Could to a rabbit give protection thorough.
   你完全想象得到，那样的小洞根本不可能保护兔子。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside.
   我从窗帘上的一条裂缝里张望，看见了他们里面所有的人。
9. 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；
10. I heard a chink as the key hit the tiled floor.
    当钥匙掉在瓷砖地板上时我听到叮当一声响。
11. A chink of moonlight lit his bedroom.
    一线月光照亮他的卧室。
12. That was a real song? I thought this chink was just having a seizure.
    还真的有这歌曲？这厮就该捉起来关黑屋。
13. Ella could hear the chink of glasses amid the chatter and laughter.
    埃拉听见谈笑声中夹杂着碰杯声。
14. Finally replying, I am fine in coach, thank you, he gave up the better seat and opened another chink in the armour of beliefs and practices that corporate America had built and spread around the world over decades.
    最后他回答道：我在普通舱就好，谢谢。他放弃了更好的座位，也在美国公司数十年来建立并传播至全球各地的理念和实践体系中，打开了又一条缝隙。
15. A single chink in our armour at the negotiating table means we could lose out badly.
    谈判中我们的任何一点薄弱环节都意味着我们可能会惨败。
16. The doors of the public house at the corner were swinging wide, and he saw the lights and the smiling barmaids, heard the many voices discussing the fight and the prosperous chink of money on the bar.
    街角上酒店的门开得大大的，他看到那些灯光和含笑的女侍者，听到很多人都在谈论这次比赛，他还听到了柜台上生意兴隆的丁当直响的钱声。
17. Through a chink she could see a bit of blue sky.
    从缝隙中他可以看到一线蓝天。
18. 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；
19. Sometimes she saw the flash of a torch through a chink in the curtains.
    她间或透过窗帘的缝隙能瞥见手电筒的闪光。
20. 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。
21. He peeped through a chink in the fence.
    他从围栏的缝隙窥视。
22. Jack intended to find a chink to infix.
    杰克想找个地缝钻进去。
23. He peeped through a chink in the wall.
    他透过墙上的裂缝朝里偷看。
24. This letter opened a chink of hope.
    这封信带来了一线希望。
25. Sunlight enters the room through a chink in the curtain.
    阳光穿过窗帘的缝隙照射到室内。
26. Chink: a slight, metallic sound, as of coins rattling in a pocket.
    叮铛声：一种象口袋中硬币碰撞发出轻微的金属声。
27. By the way, I'm visiting the chink once a week again.
    另外我又开始每周一次看望中国佬。
28. Readjustment and handling on top chink of blade of axial flow fan using in well
    矿井轴流式主通风机叶片顶隙的调整与处理
29. I could hear the spoons chink in the glasses.
    我听到调羹在玻璃杯中叮当作响。

  gap breach break chink cleft【导航词义：裂缝】

  gap n. 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。

  breach n. 裂口，缺口

〔辨析〕指防护墙、堤坝等上的缺口。

  break n. 裂口，裂缝

〔辨析〕普通用词，可指各种事物的裂隙、缺口等。

  chink n. 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。

  cleft n. 裂缝，裂口

〔辨析〕尤指岩石等表面自然的裂缝。

n.

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

noun

1. a short light metallic sound

   Synonym:    clickclink

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

3. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent

   Synonym:    Chinaman

verb

1. make cracks or chinks in
   1. The heat checked the paint

   Synonym:    check

2. fill the chinks of, as with caulking

3. make or emit a high sound
   1. tinkling bells

   Synonym:    tinkletinkclink