英语词汇“chink”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

chinkchink1 /tʃɪŋk/ noun

ETYMOLOGYchink¹

Origin: (1,3) 1500-1600 Probably from chin crack (11-16 centuries), from Old English cine (2) 1500-1600 From the sound

1a chink in somebody’s armor a weakness in someone’s character, argument, etc. that you can use to attack him or her: Opponents are looking for chinks in his political armor.2[countable] a narrow crack or hole in something that lets light or air through: Through a chink in the shutter we could see Ralph.3[countable] a short high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other: the chink of knives and forks

noun | verb

chinkchink2 verb [intransitive, transitive]

VERB TABLE

chink

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	chink
	he, she, it	chinks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	chinked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have chinked
	he, she, it	has chinked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had chinked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will chink
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have chinked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am chinking
	he, she, it	is chinking
	you, we, they	are chinking
Past	I, he, she, it	was chinking
	you, we, they	were chinking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been chinking
	he, she, it	has been chinking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been chinking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be chinking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been chinking

if glass or metal objects chink or you chink them, they make a short high sound when they knock together: A few pennies chinked in my pocket.