单词 | chinks |
释义 | chincherinchee or chinkerinchee /chingˈkə-rin-chē or ching-kə-rinˈchē/nounA S African plant (Ornithogalum thyrsoides), with dense, conical spikes of cup-shaped white flowers (also (informal) chinks) ORIGIN: Said to be imit of the flower-stalks rubbing together in the wind chink1 /chingk/noun
To crack transitive verbTo fill up cracks ORIGIN: Appar formed upon ME chine a crack, from OE cinu a cleft chinkˈy adjective Full of chinks chink in someone's armour A significant weakness or vulnerable point in someone's personality chink2 /chingk/noun
To emit a sharp ringing sound transitive verbTo cause (coins, glasses, etc) to make a sharp ringing by clinking together ORIGIN: Imit chink3 /chingk/ (Scot and N Eng kink /kingk/) (dialect)nounA gasp for breath intransitive verbTo gasp ORIGIN: Cf Du kinken to cough; Ger keichen to gasp |
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