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

a. to wink at.

(a) To ‘shut one's eyes to’ (an offence, fault, defect, impropriety, or irregularity); to connive at.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > tacitly permit

to wink at1537

pretermit1542

to wink on1546

wink1570

condone1962

1537 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 108 Persons that..by..wynkyng at his preparacions..encoraged hym to be the bolder.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxiii. f. 76^v Ye secretely winkyng at the sayd faultes.

1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 24 When as all kind of unchastity is tolerated, fornications and adulteries winkt at.

a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) i. 112 If I this saucyness in you, Shou'd seem to wink-at or allow.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iii. iii Suppose you were to wink at her corresponding with him for a little time.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 228 You had the price of half a cargo for winking at our job.

1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata I. ix. 250 A very evident tendency..to wink at the shortcomings of their friends.

(b) To disregard, overlook, pass unnoticed (a fact or occurrence). Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed

to look through ——OE

to let (something) overpassa1375

overpassa1382

unseea1395

forgoa1400

balkc1440

dissimulea1450

pass?c1475

dissemblea1500

dissimulatea1533

to wink at1535

nod1607

connive1641

beholdc1650

to wink against1653

to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711

blink1742

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. D.viii^v He stretched forth his penne agenst me as farre as he dirst,..at the whiche chaleng I winked.

1568 Bible (Bishops') Acts xvii. 30 And the tyme of this ignoraunce God wyncked at.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 371 We do willingly wink at the rest of the differences of like nature.

1691 Weesils Postscr. 13 Some, who,..either wink at, or absolutely forget her admirable, tho plain Principles.

1848 R. H. Schomburgk Ralegh's Discov. Guiana (1848) 172 It is..evident that they winked at consequences which they must have foreseen.

†(c) To be complaisant with (an offending or contumacious person); to connive at the doings of.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > tacitly permit > an offending person

to wink at1567

connivea1616

1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 516 Seing the saidis rebellis ourlukit and winkit at be sic as duellis maist ewest to thame.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iv. 52 Let not Light see my black and deepe desires: The Eye winke at the Hand.

1674 R. Head Jackson's Recantation sig. C2 My other two Comerades [in thieving] lay in an Inn where they..were winkt at by the Master of the House.

1702 D. Defoe Reformation of Manners 37 Thou art blam'd for Winking at a L--d Whose Rapes and Vices stand upon Record.

单词	to wink at
释义	> as lemmas to wink at a. to wink at. (a) To ‘shut one's eyes to’ (an offence, fault, defect, impropriety, or irregularity); to connive at. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > tacitly permit to wink at1537 pretermit1542 to wink on1546 wink1570 condone1962 1537 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 108 Persons that..by..wynkyng at his preparacions..encoraged hym to be the bolder. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxiii. f. 76^v Ye secretely winkyng at the sayd faultes. 1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 24 When as all kind of unchastity is tolerated, fornications and adulteries winkt at. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) i. 112 If I this saucyness in you, Shou'd seem to wink-at or allow. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iii. iii Suppose you were to wink at her corresponding with him for a little time. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 228 You had the price of half a cargo for winking at our job. 1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata I. ix. 250 A very evident tendency..to wink at the shortcomings of their friends. (b) To disregard, overlook, pass unnoticed (a fact or occurrence). Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed to look through ——OE to let (something) overpassa1375 overpassa1382 unseea1395 forgoa1400 balkc1440 dissimulea1450 pass?c1475 dissemblea1500 dissimulatea1533 to wink at1535 nod1607 connive1641 beholdc1650 to wink against1653 to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711 blink1742 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. D.viii^v He stretched forth his penne agenst me as farre as he dirst,..at the whiche chaleng I winked. 1568 Bible (Bishops') Acts xvii. 30 And the tyme of this ignoraunce God wyncked at. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 371 We do willingly wink at the rest of the differences of like nature. 1691 Weesils Postscr. 13 Some, who,..either wink at, or absolutely forget her admirable, tho plain Principles. 1848 R. H. Schomburgk Ralegh's Discov. Guiana (1848) 172 It is..evident that they winked at consequences which they must have foreseen. †(c) To be complaisant with (an offending or contumacious person); to connive at the doings of. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > tacitly permit > an offending person to wink at1567 connivea1616 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 516 Seing the saidis rebellis ourlukit and winkit at be sic as duellis maist ewest to thame. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iv. 52 Let not Light see my black and deepe desires: The Eye winke at the Hand. View more context for this quotation 1674 R. Head Jackson's Recantation sig. C2 My other two Comerades [in thieving] lay in an Inn where they..were winkt at by the Master of the House. 1702 D. Defoe Reformation of Manners 37 Thou art blam'd for Winking at a L--d Whose Rapes and Vices stand upon Record. extracted from winkv.¹ < as lemmas
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