• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
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.