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

• The darkness deepened and deepened, and they both lay quiet, until a light gleamed through the chinks in the wall.
  夜色越来越浓，一道光从墙壁的缝隙里透了进来。
• 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。
• How about three Puerto ricans, two chinks and a guinea?
  3个波多黎各人，2个中国人，1个几内亚人怎么样？
• 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。
• High-rise Building Chinks Offered and Handling Method
  高层建筑变形缝设置及处理方法
• 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。
• Coming down somewhat later than usual, I saw, by the sunbeams piercing the chinks of the shutters, Miss Catherine still seated near the fireplace.
  我比平时下楼迟些，靠着百叶窗缝中透进来的阳光，看见凯瑟琳小姐还坐在壁炉房。
• When I began to have a fire at evening, before I plastered my house, the chimney carried smoke particularly well, because of the numerous chinks between the boards.
  当我第一天晚上生了火，烟在烟囱里通行无阻，异常美妙，因为墙壁有很多漏风的缝，那时我还没有给板壁涂上灰浆。
• 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。
• The duration from the occurrence of penetrating chinks to dyke breaches depends on the composition and cross-sectional size of the dyke body, and the river water level.
  从发生贯穿性漏洞到溃口的时间与堤身组成物、堤身断面大小、江水位高低有关。