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

verb | noun

winkwink1 /wɪŋk/ ●●○ verb

ETYMOLOGYwink¹

Origin: Old English wincian

VERB TABLE

wink

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	wink
	he, she, it	winks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	winked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have winked
	he, she, it	has winked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had winked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will wink
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have winked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am winking
	he, she, it	is winking
	you, we, they	are winking
Past	I, he, she, it	was winking
	you, we, they	were winking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been winking
	he, she, it	has been winking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been winking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be winking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been winking

1[intransitive, transitive] to close and open one eye quickly, usually to communicate amusement or a secret message: wink at The woman winked at me and smiled.2[intransitive] to shine with a light that flashes on and off SYN blinkwink at something phrasal verb to pretend not to notice something bad or illegal, in a way that suggests you approve of it: Authorities have been winking at the health code violations for years.

verb | noun

winkwink2 ●●○ noun 1[countable] a quick action of opening and closing of your eye, usually as a signal to someone else: “How are you girls?” Tom asked with a wink.2not sleep a wink (also not get a wink of sleep) to not be able to sleep at all → see also forty winks at forty (5), quick as a wink at quick2 (2)