chink
英 [tʃɪŋk]
- n. 裂缝；叮当声；裂口
- vi. 叮当响
- vt. 使叮当响
词态变化
复数: chinks;第三人称单数: chinks;过去式: chinked;过去分词: chinked;现在分词: chinking;
助记提示
chink：轻磕。轻轻一磕它就裂了——裂缝。
chink 裂缝，弱点“顷刻间产生了裂缝，暴露了弱点”
chink 裂缝，弱点“顷刻间产生了裂缝，暴露了弱点”
中文词源
Chink 中国佬
由China构出来的贬义词。
chink 丁当声拟声词。
英英释意
- 1. offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent
- 2. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
- 3. a short light metallic sound
英文词源
- chink
- chink: English has three words chink. The one denoting the sharp metallic sound [16] is purely onomatopoeic. The one meaning ‘small hole’ [16] is something of a mystery, but it may be an alteration of chine ‘fissure’ [14] (best known today as the term for a coastal ravine in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight), which came from Old English cinu. Chink as a demeaning term for a Chinese person [19] is a facetious formation based on China or Chinese.
- chink (n.1)
- "a split, crack," 1530s, with parasitic -k + Middle English chine (and replacing this word) "fissure, narrow valley," from Old English cinu, cine "fissure," related to cinan "to crack, split, gape," common Germanic (compare Old Saxon and Old High German kinan, Gothic uskeinan, German keimen "to germinate;" Middle Dutch kene, Old Saxon kin, German Keim "germ;" ), from PIE root *geie- "to sprout, split open." The connection being in the notion of bursting open.
- chink (n.2)
- "a Chinaman," 1901, derogatory, perhaps derived somehow from China, or else from chink (n.1) with reference to eye shape.
- chink (n.3)
- "sharp sound" (especially of coin), 1580s, probably imitative. As a verb from 1580s. Related: Chinked; chinking.
词组搭配
a chink in someone's armour
a weak point in someone's character, arguments, or ideas which makes them vulnerable to attack or criticism
（性格、论点、观念中的）漏洞，弱点，空子
实用场景例句
- a chink in the curtains
- 窗帘上的缝隙
牛津词典
- the chink of glasses
- 玻璃杯相碰的叮当声
牛津词典
- the sound of bottles chinking
- 瓶子叮当的碰撞声
牛津词典
- We chinked glasses and drank to each other's health.
- 我们互相碰杯，祝对方身体健康。
牛津词典
- ...a chink in the wall...
- 墙上的裂缝
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He peered through a chink in the curtains.
- 他透过帘子之间的缝隙偷看。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...cutlery chinking in the silence...
- 寂静中叮当作响的餐具
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Grant it but a chink or a keyhole, and It'shot in like a white - hot arrow.
- 哪怕只露出一条小缝或者一个钥匙孔, 它就会像一支白热的箭直射进来.
期刊摘选
- She must have a chink in her armour somewhere.
- 她肯定在什么地方有弱点.
期刊摘选
- This letter opened a chink of hope.
- 这封信带来了一线希望.
辞典例句
- Sometimes she saw the flash of a torch through a chink in the curtains.
- 她间或透过窗帘的缝隙能瞥见手电筒的闪光.
辞典例句
- Sunlight enters the room through a chink in the curtain.
- 阳光穿过窗帘的缝隙照射到室内.
期刊摘选
- Another chink out of your armour?
- 又是你的盔甲在响?
期刊摘选
- She must have a chink in her armour somewhere. If we could only find it!
- 她肯定在什么地方有弱点. 我们能找到它就好 啦 !
期刊摘选
- Through the chink he saw the fiery morning of high summer.
- 从这儿的裂缝看出去,他可以看到盛夏火红的早晨.
辞典例句
- In control group, the papillae appeared shrunken chink , and the clinical recurrence rate was 22.5 % ( P < 0.05 ).
- 大口切开组症状复发者为5%,中小切开组为225% ( P<0.05 ).
期刊摘选
- Through a chink she could see a bit of blue sky.
- 从缝隙中他可以看到一线蓝天.
期刊摘选
- Chink: a slight, metallic sound, As of coins rattling in a pocket.
- 叮铛声: 一种象口袋中硬币碰撞发出轻微的金属声.
期刊摘选
- He peeped through a chink in the fence.
- 他从围栏的缝隙窥视.
辞典例句
- Chink a narrow opening, such as a crack or fissure.
- 裂缝:如裂缝或缝隙之类狭窄的裂口.
期刊摘选
- I heard the chink of coins.
- 我听见了钱币的碰击声.
辞典例句
- Snow sifted through a chink in the window.
- 雪通过窗缝刷刷地飘了进来.
期刊摘选
- Before sitting down he peered through a chink up at the nextdoor window.
- 蹲坐之前,隔着墙缝朝上望了一下邻居的窗户.
期刊摘选
- I could hear the spoons chink in the glasses.
- 我听到调羹在玻璃杯中叮当作响.
辞典例句
- Light sifted through a chink in the wall.
- 光线从墙缝射入.
辞典例句
- He watched them secretly, through a chink in the wall.
- 他透过墙缝暗中监视他们.
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