释义 |
chinky, a.|ˈtʃɪŋkɪ| [f. chink n.2 + -y1.] Characterized by, or full of, chinks.
c1645Howell Lett. i. xxiii. 45 Those Rayes..scorch and parch this chinky gaping soyl. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 63 Plaister thou their chinky Hives with Clay. a1774Goldsm. Surv. Exp. Philos. (1776) I. 327 The vapours..trickle downwards into the chinky bed of the hills. 1863Worsley Poems & Transl. 156 And, torn from its familiar flood, The chinky pinnace rots apace. |