blink

英 [blɪŋk] 美 [blɪŋk]

解释

※ 提供单词"blink"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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.

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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。

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.