chink

单词辨析:

gap breach break chink cleft 【导航词义:裂缝】
gap n. 裂缝;差距
〔辨析〕

指同一物体的两部分或两者之间的空间、差别、差距等。

〔例证〕

There is a gap in the wall.

墙上有道裂缝。

He pushed through a gap which the man was repairing.

他冲过那个人正在修补的一个缺口。

The gap between the two parties has narrowed considerably.

双方的隔阂已大大缩小。

breach n. 裂口,缺口
〔辨析〕

指防护墙、堤坝等上的缺口。

〔例证〕

There is a breach in the castle wall.

城堡墙壁上有个缺口。

The waves made a breach in the sea wall.

海浪将防波堤冲开了一个缺口。

break n. 裂口,裂缝
〔辨析〕

普通用词,可指各种事物的裂隙、缺口等。

〔例证〕

There is a break in the water pipe.

水管上有个裂口。

The moon shone through a break in the clouds.

月光透过云层的缝隙照射下来。

chink n. 裂缝,裂隙
〔辨析〕

指墙上、窗帘接合部之间等可透过风、光线的小裂缝。

〔例证〕

Wind came through a chink in the wall.

风从墙上的裂缝中透了进来。

Through a chink in the wall she could see a bit of the blue sky.

透过墙上的缝隙她可以看到一线蓝天。

cleft n. 裂缝,裂口
〔辨析〕

尤指岩石等表面自然的裂缝。

〔例证〕

He was stuck in a cleft of the rocks.

他被卡在一个岩石缝里。

He hid the message in a cleft of the stone.

他把情报藏在石头的裂缝里。

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He peered through a chink in the curtains.

他透过帘子之间的缝隙偷看。

I heard a chink as the key hit the tiled floor.

当钥匙掉在瓷砖地板上时我听到叮当一声响。

The doors of the public house at the corner were swinging wide, and he saw the lights and the smiling barmaids, heard the many voices discussing the fight and the prosperous chink of money on the bar.

街角上酒店的门开得大大的,他看到那些灯光和含笑的女侍者,听到很多人都在谈论这次比赛,他还听到了柜台上生意兴隆的丁当直响的钱声。

Ella could hear the chink of glasses amid the chatter and laughter.

埃拉听见谈笑声中夹杂着碰杯声。

Man's life in this world is as brief as a glimpse of a white colt flashing past a chink in the wall.

人生一世间,如白驹过隙。

Through a chink she could see a bit of blue sky.

从缝隙中他可以看到一线蓝天。