blink

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again. countable,uncountable
  2. The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes. countable,figuratively,uncountable
  3. A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis. countable,uncountable
    — I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.
  4. A glimpse or glance. countable,uncountable
    — This is the first blink that ever I had of him.
  5. gleam; glimmer; sparkle UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
    — Not a blink of light was there.
  6. The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink countable,uncountable
  7. Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them. countable,in-plural,uncountable
  8. An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To close and reopen both eyes quickly. intransitive
    — The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.
  2. To close and reopen both eyes quickly.; To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes. intransitive,transitive
    — She blinked her tears away.
  3. To close and reopen both eyes quickly.; To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. intransitive
    — One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.
  4. To close and reopen both eyes quickly.; To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes. intransitive
    — Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.
  5. To close and reopen both eyes quickly.; To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp. intransitive
    — The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.
  6. To close and reopen both eyes quickly.; To glance. Geordie,intransitive,obsolete
    — Now exile is over, I'll fly to the north, The home of my childhood, the place of my birth; O the transports of gladness that over me reign, To blink upon canny Newcastle again!
  7. To flash on and off at regular intervals.
    — The blinking text on the screen was distracting.
  8. To flash on and off at regular intervals.; To flash headlights on a car at.
    — An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.
  9. To flash on and off at regular intervals.; To send a signal with a lighting device.
    — Don't come to the door until I blink twice.
  10. To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response. excessive
    — All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.
  11. To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse.
    — The soldier shot the intruders without so much as blinking.
  12. To shut the eyes to (something); to evade, ignore. transitive
    — I have no wish to blink or extenuate the serious nature of the difficulty arising from this discrepancy of dates.
  13. To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
  14. To teleport, mostly for short distances.

词形变化

blinks present,singular,third-person blinking participle,present blinked participle,past blinked past blinks plural

词汇关系

近义词
nictitate
衍生词
before one can blink blink-and-you-miss-it blink first blinkle without blinking an eye without blinking an eyelash without blinking an eyelid eyeblink interblink in the blink of an eye landblink moonblink one-blink town snowblink sunblink water blink
相关词
ablink blinkard blinker blink-eyed blinkie blinkless blink of an eye on the blink wink

词源

词源 1
From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”).
Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.
词源 2
From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”).
Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.
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