chinks的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT裂縫;裂痕;裂紋

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。

N-COUNT(指從縫隙間透入的光)一束，一縷，一線

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。

V-ERG(使)發出叮噹聲

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。

PHRASE(性格或想法的)弱點，缺陷

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.