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

• 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。
• 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。
• The darkness deepened and deepened, and they both lay quiet, until a light gleamed through the chinks in the wall.
  夜色越来越浓，一道光从墙壁的缝隙里透了进来。
• From suspected to study, It is revealing to falsehood, it is the test of the truth too. From the chinks of the theory idea intension of already existing literature, find the phenomenon covered or put forward the new explanation theory.
  由怀疑而进入研究，既是对谬误的揭露，也是对真理的检验，从原有的文学理论观念内涵的缝隙中，发现被遮蔽的现象或提出新的解释理论。
• 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。
• His light, a little later, broke through chinks of cottage shutters, throwing stripes like red-hot pokers upon cupboards, chests of drawers, and other furniture within; and awakening harvesters who were not already astir.
  过了一会儿，他的光线穿过农家小屋百叶窗的缝隙，好像一根根烧红了的通条，照射在屋内的碗橱、五斗橱和其它的家具上；唤醒了还处在睡梦中的收获庄稼的农工们。
• When I began to have a fire at evening, before I plastered my house, the chimney carried smoke particularly well, because of the numerous chinks between the boards.
  当我第一天晚上生了火，烟在烟囱里通行无阻，异常美妙，因为墙壁有很多漏风的缝，那时我还没有给板壁涂上灰浆。
• 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。
• There was an old horse-blanket nailed against the logs at the far end of the cabin behind the table, to keep the wind from blowing through the chinks and putting the candle out.
  有一块用来遮马的旧毯子，原钉在桌子后面木屋尽头的一根圆木上，是为了免得风从木头缝缝里钻进来，把蜡烛给吹熄了。
• How about three Puerto ricans, two chinks and a guinea?
  3个波多黎各人，2个中国人，1个几内亚人怎么样？