chink

chink1 /tʃɪŋk/ noun

1 [countableC]HOLE a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together, that lets light or air through 裂缝；裂口；缝隙 SYN crack

chink in

The sun came through a chink in the curtains.

阳光从窗帘的缝隙中照了进来。

2 [countableC]SOUND British EnglishBrE a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other 〔金属、玻璃等互相碰击发出的〕叮当声 SYN clink

the chink of coins

硬币的叮当声

3. a chink in somebody’s armour FAULT/something WRONGa weakness in someone’s character or in something they have said, that you can use to attack them 某人性格中的弱点；某人话语中的漏洞

Examples from the Corpus

a chink in somebody’s armour• Perhaps spotting a chink in Clinton's armour, the Republicans have further accused him of stirring up feeling against the war.• Perhaps there was a chink in the Tuer armour?• The film-makers used a chink in the technological armour to record the candidates in their unguarded, uncensored private moments.

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chink• Through a chink in the shutter we could see Ralph.• The jawless fish, even though their heads were heavily plated with bone, had chinks in their armour to accommodate eyes.• Boards let in chinks of dying light from the sky's embers.• In the wall both houses shared there was a little chink.• Outside, bigger, rougher rocks were piled up to the eaves, with scant little chinks left for doorways and windows.• The ladies' bathhouse is round, with little chinks of windows.• The painfully neat clothes bear witness that, depressed as she was, she allowed no chink in her armor.• One chink of light had appeared, however: Steve was talking to her.• She could hear laughter and talking and the chink of glasses.• the chink of knives and forks

chink2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] British EnglishBrE

SOUNDif glass or metal objects chink, or if you chink them, they make a high ringing sound when they knock together （使）叮当响 SYN clink

They chinked their glasses and drank a toast to the couple.

他们相互碰杯，向那对夫妇敬酒。

Examples from the Corpus

chink• I send them to you now in a pill-box wrapped close in paper that they mayn't chink.• The cracks between the logs are chinked by oakum that I have laboriously pounded in.• He laid upon the table a drawstring purse of soft leather, that chinked faintly as it shifted and settled.• As they were going up, the Columbia tributaries were also being chinked full of dams.• A few pennies chinked in my pocket.

Chink noun [countableC] taboo

SANINSULTa very offensive word for someone from China. Do not use this word. 中国佬

Origin Chink

(1800-1900) Chinese

chink1

1. (1500-1600) Probably from chin “crack” ((11-16 centuries)), from Old English cine

2. (1500-1600) From the sound

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