| 单词 | chink |
| 释义 | chink (once / 1698 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n A chink is a very narrow opening or crack. A chink in your bedroom curtains might let enough early morning sunlight in that you'll wake up before your alarm goes off. Use the word chink to describe the slightest gap between slats in a blind or crevice between two rocks on a cliff. Sometimes the light that shows through this space is also called a chink; "Just a chink of light shone beneath the shade on the airplane window." Chink comes from the Old English cinu, "fissure," and the related cinan, "to crack or split." WORD FAMILYchink: chinked, chinking, chinks USAGE EXAMPLESThis time there was a chink of light for the country. Reuters(Dec 01, 2016) The Dane saw a chink of goal to aim at. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) But the study’s results allowed scientists to exploit the chink in HIV’s armor, reformulate the drug and bring it back for another clinical trial. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) 1 1n a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall Hyper cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure a long narrow opening 2v fill the chinks of, as with caulking Hyper plug, secure, stop up fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug 3v make cracks or chinks in 2Syn|Hyper check break, check, crack become fractured; break or crack on the surface only crack cause to become cracked 1n a short light metallic sound Syn|Hyper click, clink sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 2v make or emit a high sound 3Syn|Hyper clink, tink, tinkle go, sound make a certain noise or sound n (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent Hyper Chinese a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China |
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