blink
- IPA[blɪŋk]
英式
- shut and open the eyes quickly；try to control or prevent tears by blinking
- an act of shutting and opening the eyes very quickly；a moment's hesitation
verb: blink, 3rd person present: blinks, gerund or present participle: blinking, past tense: blinked, past participle: blinked
noun: blink, plural noun: blinks
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. shut and open the eyes quickly I blinked in astonishment he blinked his eyes nervously 同義詞
- ▪ try to control or prevent tears by blinking Elizabeth blinked back tears
- ▪ react to (something) with surprise or disapproval he doesn't blink at the unsavoury aspects of his subject 同義詞
- ▪ back down from a confrontation the government blinked only after losing 46 of the first 48 hearings
- 2. (of a light) flash on and off in a regular or intermittent way the car's right-hand indicator was blinking 同義詞
名詞
- 1. an act of shutting and opening the eyes very quickly he was observing her every blink
- ▪ a moment's hesitation Feargal would have given her all this without a blink
- 2. a momentary gleam of light out on the marshes there was a blink of light
