单词 | eyewink |
释义 | eyewinkn.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 1591 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Proc. Harmonie King Dauids Harpe 142 Princes..oftentimes euen with a becke, or eye-wincke onely, doe giue notice what their pleasure is. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 70 They could neuer get an eye-winke of her. View more context for this quotation 1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 172 Before young Bacchus' eye-wink turning pale. 2. An act of blinking or (now esp.) winking. Cf. wink n.1 4, 5. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > winking > a wink twink14.. twinkle1548 eyewink1761 wink1836 1761 D. Fenning Royal Eng. Dict. Eye-wink, a quick shutting and opening of the eye, intended as a sign or token. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 41 'Twixt her placid eyewinks. 1913 W. Irwin Mr. Togo xi. 128 Humouristical college friends pass rice-package amidst eyewinks peculiar to comedians. 1939 Elem. School Jrnl. 40 29 In a human organism no neural arcs..are ever simple; not even those involved in eyewink or knee jerk. 2004 J. M. Jossel Root of all Evil 103 ‘How'd you guess?’ the woman asked with a sexy eyewink. 3. The brief space of time which it takes to blink or wink: an instant, a moment. Chiefly in in an eyewink. Cf. wink n.1 3a, eye-blink n. at eye n.1 Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 1836 I. Steward Mascarenhas I. v. 122 Those subtle knaves change bodies in an eye-wink. 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 88 Until all time dwindle to a mere eye-wink. 1890 Daily News 27 Jan. 3/1 You touch a tiny switch..and in an eye-wink your glass button-hole becomes an incandescent lamp. 1924 I. Irwin in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 (1925) 9 An old man, a wiseacre, a sage—Prospero. An old man who had exorcised that island in a breath, could banish it in an eye-wink! 2010 J. Kirk Kingdom under Glass 143 And then, in an eyewink, before anyone could get off a shot, the bull heaved itself over the canyon ledge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1591 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。