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单词 twinkle
释义 twinkle
 —twinkler,  n.  
 /twing"keuhl/,  v.  , twinkled, twinkling,  n.  
  v.i.  
  1. to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
  2. to sparkle in the light: The diamond on her finger twinkled in the firelight.
  3. (of the eyes) to be bright with amusement, pleasure, etc.
  4. to move flutteringly and quickly, as flashes of light; flit.
  5.  Archaic.   to wink; blink.
  v.t.  
  6. to emit (light) in intermittent gleams or flashes.
  7.  Archaic.   to wink (the eyes or eyelids).
  n.  
  8. a flickering or intermittent brightness or light.
  9. a scintillating brightness in the eyes; sparkle.
  10. the time required for a wink; twinkling.
  11.  Archaic.   a wink.
 [bef. 900; ME twinklen (v.), OE twinclian; see TWINK, -LE]
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