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N-COUNT
裂縫;裂痕;裂紋
A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
例句
...a chink in the wall...
墻上的裂縫
He peered through a chink in the curtains.
他透過簾子之間的縫隙偷看。
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N-COUNT
(指從縫隙間透入的光)一束，一縷，一線
A chink of light is a small patch of light that shines through a small opening in something.
例句
I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor.
我注意到走廊盡頭的一縷光線。
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V-ERG
(使)發出叮當聲
When objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound.
例句
...cutlery chinking in the silence...
寂靜中叮當作響的餐具
They poured out the rest of the wine and she chinked his mug.
他們把剩下的酒全倒出來，她和他碰了一下杯。
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PHRASE
(性格或想法的)弱點，缺陷
If you say that someone has a chink in their armour, you mean that they have a small weakness in their character or in their ideas which makes it easy to harm them.