chink
n. 裂縫; (論點、性格等中易成為攻擊目標的)弱點; 叮噹聲
vi. 叮噹響
vt. 使叮噹響
A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
...a chink in the wall...
牆上的裂縫
He peered through a chink in the curtains.
他透過簾子之間的縫隙偷看。
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.
我注意到走廊盡頭的一縷光線。
When objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound.
...cutlery chinking in the silence...
寂靜中叮噹作響的餐具
They poured out the rest of the wine and she chinked his mug.
他們把剩下的酒全倒出來,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、論點、觀念中的)漏洞,弱點,空子
Grant it but a chink or a keyhole, and It'shot in like a white - hot arrow.
哪怕只露出一條小縫或者一個鑰匙孔, 它就會像一支白熱的箭直射進來.
She must have a chink in her armour somewhere.
她肯定在什麼地方有弱點.
This letter opened a chink of hope.
這封信帶來了一線希望.
Sometimes she saw the flash of a torch through a chink in the curtains.
她間或透過窗簾的縫隙能瞥見手電筒的閃光.
Sunlight enters the room through a chink in the curtain.
陽光穿過窗簾的縫隙照射到室內.