chink

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /t͡ʃɪŋk/    美 /t͡ʃɪŋk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
    — What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and the crannies though, and thrust in a little lint here and there.
  2. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink. countable
    — She swallow, set the cup down like she want to break it, and the ice-blocks jump, make a chink sound.
  3. Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”). alt-of,alternative
  4. Alternative letter-case form of Chink. alt-of
  5. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.; A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
    — I noticed a chink of light under the door.
  6. Ready money, especially in the form of coins. archaic,colloquial,dated,uncountable
    — to leave his chink to better hands
  7. A chip or dent in something metallic.
    — The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.
  8. A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system. figuratively
    — The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.
动词 v.
  1. To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. transitive
    — to chink a wall
  2. To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching. intransitive
    — The coins were chinking in his pocket.
  3. Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”). alt-of,alternative
  4. To crack; to open. intransitive
  5. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. transitive
    — He chinks his purse
  6. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. transitive

词形变化

chinks plural chinks present,singular,third-person chinking participle,present chinked participle,past chinked past chinks plural chinks present,singular,third-person chinking participle,present chinked participle,past chinked past chinks plural chinks present,singular,third-person chinking participle,present chinked participle,past chinked past chinks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
chink in the armor chink in the armour chinkle chinky chink up chink-a-chink chink cough

词源

词源 1
Of uncertain origin, but apparently an extension, with diminutive -k (see more at -ock), of Middle English chine (or, if already suffixed in Middle English, *chinek), from Old English ċine (“a crack, chine, chink”), equivalent to chine + -k.
词源 2
Onomatopoeic.
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