blink

英 [blɪŋk] 美[blɪŋk]
  • vt. 眨眼;使…闪烁
  • vi. 眨眼;闪烁
  • n. 眨眼;瞬间;闪光
  • n. (Blink)人名;(德)布林克

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词态变化


第三人称单数: blinks;过去式: blinked;过去分词: blinked;现在分词: blinking;

中文词源


blink 眨眼

来自PIE *bhel, 照耀,闪光。指由于眩目而眨眼。-k, 硬化音。词源同blind.

英文词源


blink (v.)
1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," which is of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found in Old English blican "to shine, glitter" (see bleach (v.)).

Middle English had blynke (c. 1300) in the sense "a brief gleam or spark," perhaps a variant of blench "to move suddenly or sharply; to raise one's eyelids" (c. 1200), perhaps from the rare Old English blencan "deceive." Related: Blinked; blinking. The last, as a euphemism for a stronger word, is attested by 1914.
blink (n.)
1590s, "a glance;" see blink (v.). As is the case with the verb, there is a similar word in Middle English, in use from c. 1300, that might represent a native form of the same root.

双语例句


1. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.
他身体出现了神经性抽搐,开始不停地眨眼睛。

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2. It was all over in the blink of an eye.
转眼之间,一切都结束了。

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3. In a blink of an eye he had disappeared.
一眨眼的工夫他就没影了.

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4. I can't hear the news since my radio went on the blink.
由于我的收音机坏了,我听不到新闻了.

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5. The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.
灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见.

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