chink /ˈʧɪŋk/
裂口,裂縫,弱點,叮噹聲(vt.)使叮噹響(vi.)堵裂縫,叮噹響
Chink n. A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.
Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay.
Chink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open.
Chink, v. t.
1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
Chink, n.
1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. “Chink of bell.”
2. Money; cash. [Cant] “To leave his chink to better hands.”
Chink, v. t. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
Chink, v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
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chink
n 1: offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent [syn: Chinaman]
2: a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
3: a short light metallic sound [syn: click, clink]
v 1: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle,
tink, clink]
2: fill the chinks of, as with caulking
3: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn:
check]