chink

名词 chink:

1. offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent
   同义词：Chinaman
2. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
3. a short light metallic sound
   同义词：click, clink

动词 chink:

1. make or emit a high sound
   同义词：tinkle, tink, clink
2. fill the chinks of, as with caulking
3. make cracks or chinks in
   同义词：check

1. Empty bottles chinked as the milkman put them into the crate.
   送奶人把空瓶放进箱格时，瓶子发出咣啷咣啷的碰撞声。
2. Through a chink she could see a bit of blue sky.
   从缝隙中他可以看到一线蓝天。

chink

n.（名词）
A narrow opening, such as a crack or fissure.
裂缝：如裂缝或缝隙之类狭窄的裂口
v.tr.（及物动词）
chinked,chink.ing,chinks
To make narrow openings in.
在…上造成狭窄裂口
To fill narrow openings in.
堵塞…的狭窄裂口

来源：
Probably alteration of obsolete chine
可能为 废语 chine的变化
from Middle English [crack]
源自 中古英语 [打碎，破碎]
from Old English cine
源自 古英语 cine

【引伸】
chink.y
adj.（形容词）

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chink
chink 2

n.（名词）
A slight, metallic sound, as of coins rattling in a pocket.
叮铛声：一种象口袋中硬币碰撞发出轻微的金属声
v.intr.tr.（不及物动词和及物动词）
chinked,chink.ing,chinks
To make or cause to make a slight, metallic sound.
发出或使…发出轻微的金属声

来源：
[Imitative]
[象声词]