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Tekoälykääntäjä

Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /tʃɪŋk/
  • US:
    • IPA: /tʃɪŋk/

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
  2. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other.
  3. A chip or dent (in something metallic).
  4. (colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
  5. A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.

Verbit

  1. (transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
  2. (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
  3. (intransitive) To crack; to open.
  4. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
  5. (transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

Esimerkit

  • 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.
  • Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky, / Shines out the dewy morning star.
  • The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.
  • The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.
  • The first chink in Arsenal's relaxed afternoon occurred when key midfielder Samir Nasri pulled up with a hamstring injury and was replaced.
  • to chink a wall
  • 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 [...]
  • to leave his chink to better hands
  • The coins were chinking in his pocket.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektichinked
Imperfektichinked
Partisiipin preesenschinking
Monikkochinks
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesenschinks