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語源 1

Of uncertain origin, but apparently an extension (with formative -k) of Middle English chine, from 古期英語 ċine (“a crack, chine, chink”), equivalent to chine +‎ -k.

Alternatively, the -k may represent an earlier unrecorded diminutive, perhaps from Middle English *chinek, making it equivalent to chine +‎ -ock (diminutive ending).

名詞

chink (複数形 chinks)

1. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 10:

     What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and the crannies though, and thrust in a little lint here and there.

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:

     Yet I did not give way, but settled to wait for the dawn, which must, I knew, be now at hand; for then I thought enough light would come through the chinks of the tomb above to show me how to set to work.

   • 1834–1838 (date written), Thomas Babington Macaulay, “(please specify the page)”, in Lays of Ancient Rome, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], published 1842, →OCLC:

     Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky, / Shines out the dewy morning star.

   1. A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.

      I noticed a chink of light under the door.

      • 2023 March 22, Mel Holley, “Network News: RMT to ballot Network Rail members on improved offer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 12:

        A chink of light offering a possible settlement to one part of the rail dispute comes as the RMT is to ballot its members at Network Rail on whether to accept an improved offer.

2. A chip or dent in something metallic.

   The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.

3. (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.

   The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.

   • 2011 January 30, Kevin Darling, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The first chink in Arsenal's relaxed afternoon occurred when key midfielder Samir Nasri pulled up with a hamstring injury and was replaced.

派生語

動詞

chink (三人称単数 現在形 chinks, 現在分詞 chinking, 過去形および過去分詞形 chinked)

1. (transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.

   to chink a wall

2. (intransitive) To crack; to open.
3. (transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

派生語

• chink up

語源 2

Onomatopoeic.

名詞

chink (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 chinks)

1. (countable) A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
   • 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 138:

     She swallow, set the cup down like she want to break it, and the ice-blocks jump, make a chink sound.

2. (uncountable, colloquial, dated, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, pages 47-8:

     I thought that if all the hills about there were pure chink, and all belonged to me, I would give them if I could just talk to her when I wanted to […]

   • 1727, William Somerville, Occasional Poems, "The Fortune-Hunter":

     to leave his chink to better hands

   • 1855, Henry Augustus Wise, Tales for the Marines, page 121:

     At the same time, mind, I must have a bit of a frolic occasionally, for that's all the pleasure I has, when I gets a little chink in my becket; and ye know, too, that I don t care much for that stuff, for a dollar goes with me as fur as a gold ounce does with you, when ye put on your grand airs, and shower it about like a nabob.

   • 1904, Edith Nesbit, The New Treasure Seekers, Chapter 2:

     "I believe I could make a pudding that wasn't plain, if I tried," Alice said. "Why shouldn't we?"
     "No chink," said Oswald, with brief sadness.
     "How much would it cost?" Noël asked, and added that Dora had twopence and H.O. had a French halfpenny.

派生語

• chink-a-chink

動詞

chink (三人称単数 現在形 chinks, 現在分詞 chinking, 過去形および過去分詞形 chinked)

1. (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.

   The coins were chinking in his pocket.

2. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, page 2:

     He chinks his purse

名詞

chink (複数形 chinks)

1. Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)

動詞

chink (三人称単数 現在形 chinks, 現在分詞 chinking, 過去形および過去分詞形 chinked)

1. Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)

名詞

chink (複数形 chinks)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Chink

アナグラム

• Hinck, Kinch