chink
n. 裂缝; (论点、性格等中易成为攻击目标的)弱点; 叮当声
vi. 叮当响
vt. 使叮当响
A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
...a chink in the wall...
墙上的裂缝
He peered through a chink in the curtains.
他透过帘子之间的缝隙偷看。
A chink of light is a small patch of light that shines through a small opening in something.
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。
When objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound.
...cutlery chinking in the silence...
寂静中叮当作响的餐具
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。
If you say that someone has a chink in their armour, you mean that they have a small weakness in their character or in their ideas which makes it easy to harm them.
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
1. make or emit a high sound;
2. fill the chinks of, as with caulking
3. make cracks or chinks in;
a chink in someone's armour
(性格、论点、观念中的)漏洞,弱点,空子
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.
She must have a chink in her armour somewhere.
她肯定在什么地方有弱点.
This letter opened a chink of hope.
这封信带来了一线希望.
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.
Sunlight enters the room through a chink in the curtain.
阳光穿过窗帘的缝隙照射到室内.