wink
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they wink | |
he / she / it winks | |
past simple winked | |
past participle winked | |
-ing form winking |
- [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 compare blink眨一只眼,眨眼示意(尤指使眼色或表示开玩笑) Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec2He 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- broadly
- cheekily
- conspiratorially
- …
- at
- [intransitive]
to shine with an unsteady light; to flash on and off synonym blink闪烁;明灭
Word OriginOld English wincian ‘close the eyes’, of Germanic origin; related to German winken ‘to wave’, also to wince.