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chink

/chingk/US // tʃɪŋk //UK // (tʃɪŋk) //

缝隙,水槽,缝合,缝缝补补

Related Words

crevice缝隙,裂缝,隙缝,裂隙fissure裂缝,裂开,裂隙,裂口slot槽,插槽,档期,槽位rift裂缝,裂口,裂痕,裂隙cut切,切割,削减,割space空间,空间的,太空,场地gap差距,间隙,空隙,空白slit裂缝,狭缝,切口,缝隙crack裂缝,缝隙,裂纹,裂痕aperture光圈,孔径,风口,孔雀东南飞cleft裂缝,裂纹,裂隙,裂口hole洞,洞口,窟窿,洞洞

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall.
    • : a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to fill up chinks in.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounopening
Synonyms
crevice缝隙,裂缝,隙缝,裂隙fissure裂缝,裂开,裂隙,裂口aperture光圈,孔径,风口,孔雀东南飞cleft裂缝,裂纹,裂隙,裂口crack裂缝,缝隙,裂纹,裂痕cut切,切割,削减,割gap差距,间隙,空隙,空白hole洞,洞口,窟窿,洞洞rift裂缝,裂口,裂痕,裂隙slit裂缝,狭缝,切口,缝隙slot槽,插槽,档期,槽位space空间,空间的,太空,场地

Examples

  • “We were raised with this mystique about the accident being the chink in this important legacy,” she says.

  • In letting one of the company out she incautiously stood looking through the open chink into the dark passage.

  • I found a chink in the wall and beheld the face of the Englishman peering from the small end window.

  • Mysie dashed the warm tears from her eyes, and looked again through the chink in the shutter.

  • And whenever at work he happened to spy At chink or crevice a blinking eye, He let the dipper of water fly.

  • According to Skeat jingle, “a frequentative verb from the base jink,” is allied to chink, and chink is “an imitative word”.

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