twinkle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sparkle or glimmer of light.
    — Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
  2. A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
    — He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
  3. A flitting movement.
    — I saw the twinkle of white feet,
  4. A brief moment; a twinkling. colloquial
  5. The female genitalia. childish
    — The popular Swedish cartoon song about genitals was translated as "Willie and Twinkle".
动词 v.
  1. To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
    — We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
  2. To be bright with delight.
    — His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
  3. To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
    — She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes[…]
  4. To flit to and fro.
    — A butterfly twinkled among the vines[…]

词形变化

twinkles present,singular,third-person twinkling participle,present twinkled participle,past twinkled past twinkles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
twinkle out twinkler twinkle in one's daddy's eye twinkle in one's father's eye twinkle-toed twinkle toes

词源

词源 1
From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).
词源 2
From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).
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