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裂口,裂缝,弱点,叮当声使叮当响堵裂缝,叮当响

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chink \Chink\, n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr.
   c[=i]nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen.
   Cf. {Chit}.]
   A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than
   breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

         Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
         Shines out the dewy morning star.        --Macaulay.

Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Chinking}.]
   To crack; to open.

Chink \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 \Chink\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Jingle}.]
   1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight
      degree of violence. ``Chink of bell.'' --Cowper.

   2. Money; cash. [Cant] ``To leave his chink to better
      hands.'' --Somerville.

Chink \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. --Pope.

Chink \Chink\, v. i.
   To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision
   of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
   --Arbuthnot.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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}]
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