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

• 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。
• 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。
• Sunlight filtered through the chinks of the shutters.
  阳光从百叶窗的缝隙中透过来。
• 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！
• 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。
• Chinks are starting to appear in the president's armour.
  总裁的弱点开始显露出来。
• Based on the optoelectronic inspecting technology, the chinks between knife edge and the generatrices of measured part were measured by the laser scanned inspecting system and using the rotating and axial feed servo systems, and the non contact automatic measurement of straightness error was realized.
  基于光电检测技术，利用回转和轴向进给伺服系统，通过激光扫描检测系统测量刀口尺与被测零件素线之间的间隙，实现了对直线度误差的非接触自动测量。
• 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。
• 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 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。