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单词 eyewink
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eyewinkn.

Brit. /ˈʌɪwɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌwɪŋk/
Forms: see eye n.1 and wink n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.1, wink n.1
Etymology: < eye n.1 + wink n.1
1. A quick motion of the eye; a look or glance, esp. one expressing command or invitation. Cf. wink n.1 2. Obsolete.In quot. a1616 interpreted by some commentators as belonging at sense 2.
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.
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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.
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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).
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