wink
verb /wɪŋk/
/wɪŋk/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they wink | /wɪŋk/ /wɪŋk/ |
he / she / it winks | /wɪŋks/ /wɪŋks/ |
past simple winked | /wɪŋkt/ /wɪŋkt/ |
past participle winked | /wɪŋkt/ /wɪŋkt/ |
-ing form winking | /ˈwɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈwɪŋkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] wink (at somebody) to close one eye and open it again quickly, especially as a private signal to somebody, or to show something is a joke
眨一只眼,眨眼示意(尤指使眼色或表示开玩笑) - He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was.
他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
Topics Appearancec2- He winked broadly at Lucinda.
他很明显地朝露辛达使了一下眼色。 - I saw him wink at her.
我看见他向她使了个眼色。 - She winked at me, and I winked back.
她向我眨眼示意,我也向她眨眼回应。 - She winked knowingly at Jack.
她会意地对杰克挤了挤眼。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- broadly
- cheekily
- conspiratorially
- …
- at
- He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was.
- [intransitive] to shine with an unsteady light; to flash on and off
synonym blink闪烁;明灭 - We could see the lights of the ship winking in the distance.
我们看见船在远方忽明忽暗地闪着灯光。
- We could see the lights of the ship winking in the distance.
词源Old English wincian ‘close the eyes’, of Germanic origin; related to German winken ‘to wave’, also to wince.