blink
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they blink | |
| he / she / it blinks | |
| past simple blinked | |
| past participle blinked | |
| -ing form blinking |
- [intransitive, transitive] blink (something)
when you blink or blink your eyes or your eyes blink, you shut and open your eyes quickly 眨眼睛 He blinked in the bright sunlight. 他在强烈的阳光下直眨眼睛。 Lucy blinked at him in astonishment. 露西惊讶地向他眨了眨眼。 I'll be back before you can blink (= very quickly). 我眨眼工夫就回来。 When I told him the news he didn't even blink (= showed no surprise at all). 我把那个消息告诉他时，他眼都没眨一下。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- furiously
- quickly
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- at
- in
- with
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- blink away a tear
- blink back tears
- blink your eyes
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- [intransitive]
to shine with an unsteady light; to flash on and off 闪烁
Word OriginMiddle English: from blenk, Scots variant of blench, reinforced by Middle Dutch blinken ‘to shine’. Early senses included ‘deceive’, ‘flinch’ (compare with blench), and also ‘open the eyes after sleep’: hence sense (1) (mid 16th cent.).