chink
noun
uk/tʃɪŋk/us/tʃɪŋk/chinknoun(CRACK)
[C]
asmallnarrowcrackoropening:
裂缝；裂口；缝隙Ipeeredthrough a chink in thecurtainsandsawthem all inside.我透过窗帘的缝隙往里瞧，看见他们都在里面。
Synonyms
breach(OPENING)formal
cleft
crack(NARROW SPACE)
cranny
crevice
fissure
gap(HOLE)
intersticeformal
opening(HOLE)
slit
slot(LONG HOLE)
Holes, hollows and dips
- anti-crack
- aperture
- blistered
- cranny
- cratering
- dint
- escape hatch
- gouge
- hollow
- imprint
- intake
- interstice
- leak
- leaky
- nook
- nooks and cranniesidiom
- piercing
- pinprick
- tear
- void
chinknoun(SOUND)
[Cusually singular]
alightringingsound:
叮当声On ahotdayit'snicetohearthe chink oficein aglass.大热天里，听到冰块在玻璃杯中叮当作响真的很惬意。
Synonym
clink(SOUND)
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
Idiom
chink insomeone'sarmour
chink
verb[I]
uk/tʃɪŋk/us/tʃɪŋk/to make alightringingsound:
叮当声Thecoinschinkedlightlyin hispocketas hewalkedalong.他走路的时候，口袋里的硬币发出叮当轻响。
Synonym
clink
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh