英语词汇“a nod and a wink”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. a nod and a wink: an indication that a course of action, etc., will be followed or is approved of; (also) a hint, an innuendo; a thing which is not openly admitted or authorized. Also in plural. Cf. wink n.¹ 2a.

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1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 100 A nod and a wink are very often treacherous and false.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. vii. x. 155 Mrs. Cullpepper..assured Wildgoose, with a nod and a wink, ‘that any little distress, which his charitable disposition might have occasioned, would be relieved by their Society’.

1814 W. Scott Waverley (1830) I. xi. 110 The Laird.., now superior to the nods and winks with which the Baron..had hitherto checked his entering upon political discussion.

1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxxi. 272 [He] sought by nods and winks and inuendoes to intimate his authorship.

1887 R. Browning Parleyings 115 So tells a touch Of subintelligential nod and wink—Turning foes friends.

1901 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 224 From nod and wink I read they think That I am fool and blind.

1982 Sunday Times 12 Dec. 47/1 The change follows none too subtle nods and winks from institutional shareholders.

1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 19/3 It's not a formal policy, obviously, more a nod and a wink. But we all understand each other.

单词	a nod and a wink
释义	> as lemmas a nod and a wink a. a nod and a wink: an indication that a course of action, etc., will be followed or is approved of; (also) a hint, an innuendo; a thing which is not openly admitted or authorized. Also in plural. Cf. wink n.¹ 2a. ΚΠ 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 100 A nod and a wink are very often treacherous and false. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. vii. x. 155 Mrs. Cullpepper..assured Wildgoose, with a nod and a wink, ‘that any little distress, which his charitable disposition might have occasioned, would be relieved by their Society’. 1814 W. Scott Waverley (1830) I. xi. 110 The Laird.., now superior to the nods and winks with which the Baron..had hitherto checked his entering upon political discussion. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxxi. 272 [He] sought by nods and winks and inuendoes to intimate his authorship. 1887 R. Browning Parleyings 115 So tells a touch Of subintelligential nod and wink—Turning foes friends. 1901 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 224 From nod and wink I read they think That I am fool and blind. 1982 Sunday Times 12 Dec. 47/1 The change follows none too subtle nods and winks from institutional shareholders. 1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 19/3 It's not a formal policy, obviously, more a nod and a wink. But we all understand each other. extracted from nodn.¹ < as lemmas
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