blink
英[bl??k]
美[bl??k]
- vt. 眨眼；使…閃爍
- vi. 眨眼；閃爍
- n. 眨眼；瞬間；閃光
- n. (Blink)人名；(德)布林克
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?blinks;過去式:?blinked;過去分詞:?blinked;現在分詞:?blinking;
中文詞源
blink 眨眼
來自PIE *bhel, 照耀，閃光。指由于眩目而眨眼。-k, 硬化音。詞源同blind.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.
- 他身體出現了神經性抽搐，開始不停地眨眼睛。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was all over in the blink of an eye.
- 轉眼之間，一切都結束了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In a blink of an eye he had disappeared.
- 一眨眼的工夫他就沒影了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I can't hear the news since my radio went on the blink.
- 由于我的收音機壞了,我聽不到新聞了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.
- 燈塔的光亮在數英里之外都能看見.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》