2N-COUNT (指从缝隙间透入的光)一束,一缕,一线 A chink of light is a small patch of light that shines through a small opening in something. (指从缝隙间透入的光)一束,一缕,一线
I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor. [+ of]
我注意到走廊尽头的一缕光线。
3V-ERG (使)发出叮当声 When objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound. (使)发出叮当声
...cutlery chinking in the silence. [VERB]
寂静中叮当作响的餐具
They poured out the rest of the wine and she chinked his mug. [VERB noun]
他们把剩下的酒全倒出来,她和他碰了一下杯。
4PHRASE [chink inflects](性格或想法的)弱点,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. (性格或想法的)弱点,缺陷