chink

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++chink1 /tʃɪŋk/ noun  1  [countable]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 crackchink in The sun came through a chink in the curtains. 阳光从窗帘的缝隙中照了进来。2  [countable]SOUND British English 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

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 forkschink2 verb [intransitive, transitive] British English  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。→ See Verb table

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 [countable] 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 cine2. (1500-1600) From the sound

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a a hole small or in wall, Corpus

chink

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chink¹ /tʃɪŋk/ noun1. [countable] a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together, that lets light or air through
   SYN  crack
    chink in
    The sun came through a chink in the curtains.
2. [countable] British English a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other
   SYN  clink:
    the chink of coins
3. a chink in sb’s armour a weakness in someone’s character or in something they have said, that you can use to attack them

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chink² verb [intransitive and transitive] British English
if glass or metal objects chink, or if you chink them, they make a high ringing sound when they knock together
   SYN  clink:
    They chinked their glasses and drank a toast to the couple.

Chink
Chink noun [countable] tabooa very offensive word for someone from China. Do not use this word.

ChinkBrE /tʃɪŋk/ 🔊NAmE /tʃɪŋk/ 🔊 noun (taboo, slang) a very offensive word for a Chinese person （对中国人的蔑称）中国佬