chink

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

chink [chink chinks chinked chinking] noun, verb BrE [tʃɪŋk] NAmE [tʃɪŋk]
noun
1. a narrow opening in sth, especially one that lets light through
•a chink in the curtains
2. ~ of light a small area of light shining through a narrow opening
3. usually singular the light ringing sound that is made when glass objects or coins touch
•the chink of glasses

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 mid 16th cent. chine ‘a deep narrow ravine’ n. sense 3 and v. late 16th cent.

Example Bank:
•I noticed a chink of light under the door.
Idiom: ↑chink in somebody's armour
 
verb intransitive, transitive
when glasses, coins or other glass or metal objects chink or when you chink them, they make a light ringing sound
Syn: ↑clink
•the sound of bottles chinking
•~ sth We chinked glasses and drank to each other's health.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 mid 16th cent. chine ‘a deep narrow ravine’ n. sense 3 and v. late 16th cent.

Example Bank:
•I heard the sound of bottles chinking.
•We chinked glasses and drank each other's health.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  click, clink, Chinaman, check, tinkle, tink