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

• Sunlight filtered through the chinks of the shutters.
  阳光从百叶窗的缝隙中透过来。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do Chinks know about European film stars? Yes, most Chinks know more than Europeans.
  中国佬知道欧洲的电影明星么？当然，大多数中国佬比欧洲人知道的还多！
• The wall was decayed and full of cracks and chinks, one of which she enlarged with her fingers, cautiously and without noise.
  土墙业已剥落，到处露出缝隙。她小心翼翼地用手指把一条缝隙掏宽，不出一丝声音。
• 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？
• 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。
• High-rise Building Chinks Offered and Handling Method
  高层建筑变形缝设置及处理方法
• Through the leaves of every trial there are chinks of light to shine through.
  试炼虽然围困我们，仍有许多隙缝可以透光进来的。
• STUPID chinks, do they know how to fight?
  笨中国佬，他们不知道怎么打架吗？