wink
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 眨眼，使眼色，瞬间
- vi.
- 眨眼，使眼色，闪烁
- vt.
- 眨
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English wynken, from Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *winkōn (“to close one's eyes”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German winken (“to blink, wink”), German winken (“to nod, beckon, make a sign”). Related also to Saterland Frisian wäänke, Dutch wenken (“to beckon, motion”), Latin vacillare (“sway”), Lithuanian véngti (“to swerve, avoid”), Albanian vang (“tire, felloe”), Sanskrit वङ्गति (vaṅgati, “(he, she) limps”), French guigner (“to eye, sneak a look at”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes in sleep.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To close one's eyes.
- (intransitive, archaic) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
- (intransitive, archaic) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
- (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion
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词源说明
Clipping of tiddlywink.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (tiddlywinks) Synonym of tiddlywink (“small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks
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词源说明
Clipping of periwinkle.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (chiefly UK, slang) Synonym of periwinkle (“type of mollusk”).