A blink or twinkling of the eye; a moment, an instant.
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| 释义 | the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking (20) prinkOE A blink or twinkling of the eye; a moment, an instant. twinklinga1300 The action or an act of winking; nictitation; also figurative. Obsolete except as in 3. blenching1393 The action of blench, v.1. turning away of the eyes (? blinking, winking). twink14.. A winking of the eye; transferred the time taken by this; a twinkling; now always in phrase in a twink; formerly at, in, with (aor the) twink of a… blenking?a1505 Glancing, blinking. twinking1519 twinkle1548 A winking of the eye; a wink, blink; also, a momentary glance (in quot. 1593, of the mind); cf. blink, n.2 2 ? Obsolete. connivance1596 literal. Winking (with allusion to sense 1). Obsolete. winka1616 A nictitation of the eyelid; a blink. nictation1623 The action or an act of winking or blinking; nictitation. shailing1653 nictitation1794 Winking or blinking; the action or habit of moving the eyelids; an instance of this. Also in extended use. blinking1871 The action of blink, v. in its various senses. blink1924 The action or an act of blinking. bat1932 A movement of the eyelids (see bat, v.2 2). saccade1953 A brief, rapid movement of the eye from one position of rest to another, whether voluntary (as in reading) or involuntary (as when a point is… Subcategories:— person (4) |
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