Wink



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使眼色;n. 眨眼
• ［英］ v. 使眼色 ( close and open one eye quickly as a signal between people) ; n. 眨眼 ( a winking movement of the eye)

Webster Collegiate

kI. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wincian; akin to Old High German winchan to stagger, wink and perhaps to Latin vacillare to sway, Sanskrit va?cati he goes crookedly
• Date: before 12th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to shut one eye briefly as a signal or in teasing
  • 2. to close and open the eyelids quickly
  • 3. to avoid seeing or noting something — usually used with at
  • 4. to gleam or flash intermittently ; twinkle <her glasses winking in the sunlight — Harper Lee>
  • 5.
    • a. to come to an end — usually used with out
    • b. to stop shining — usually used with out
  • 6. to signal a message with a light
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to open and shut
  • 2. to affect or influence by or as if by blinking the eyes

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1. a brief period of sleep ; nap <catching a wink>
• 2.
  • a. a hint or sign given by winking
  • b. an act of winking
• 3. the time of a wink ; instant <quick as a wink>
• 4. a flicker of the eyelids ; blink

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