wink vi. 1.眨眼。 2.使眼色。 3.假装没看见,宽恕,默许,纵容 (at)。 4.(光、星等)闪烁,闪亮。 5.突然终止;结束;熄灭 (out)。 6.(用灯光)打信号。 vt. 眨(眼);使(眼色)。 Wink at 对…使眼色;假装没看见,放过(缺点等)。 Wink away [back] 眨掉(眼泪)。 n. 1.眨眼;使眼色。 2.一眨眼功夫,瞬间,瞬息;〔pl.〕小睡。 3.(光、星等的)闪烁,一闪。 forty winks 〔口语〕小睡;〔美俚〕一会儿。 Give a wink 瞟了一眼。 In a wink 转瞬间,一眨眼功夫。 Not sleep a wink = not get a wink of sleep 一睡也没睡。 Tip (sb.) the wink 〔俚语〕丢眼色给(某人)。
As quick as a wink disappears right before their very eyes and ears ! 笛子会在不经不觉间消失得无影无终。
The ringmaster couldn t ever say a word to him but he was back at him quick as a wink with the funniest things a body ever said; and how he ever could think of so many of them, and so sudden and so pat, was what i couldn t noway understand 领班每说一句,一眨眼间,他总能回敬他一些好笑透顶的话。他怎么能想得出那么多的笑话,又能说得那么突如其来,那么恰到好处,真叫我弄不明白,哈,换了是我的话,花一年时间,我也想不出来啊。