Word · Frequency #12893
twinkle
闪烁；闪耀
To shine with a flickering or intermittent light; to glimmer.
- 1.
To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
闪烁发光；微光闪耀。
- 2.
To be bright with delight.
因喜悦而闪亮
- 3.
To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
眨眼或眨动
- 4.
gleam or glow intermittently
忽明忽暗地闪烁
- 5.
To flit to and fro.
来回轻快移动
（眼睛）发亮；放光；眨眼；眨巴；来回移动；飞掠；闪烁发光；微光闪耀。；因喜悦而闪亮
In use
Stars twinkle in the sky on a clear night.
We watched the lights of the city twinkling below the mountain.
The candle flame twinkled in the dark room.
Verb forms
base twinkle · third person twinkles · -ing twinkling · past twinkled · past participle twinkled
规则动词；过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- stars twinkle
- 星星闪烁
- The stars twinkled in the clear night sky.星星在晴朗的夜空中闪烁。
- eyes twinkle
- 眼睛发亮
- Her eyes twinkled as she told the story.她讲故事时眼睛发亮。
- twinkle with delight
- 因喜悦而闪闪发亮
- His eyes twinkled with delight at the surprise.他因这个惊喜而眼睛闪闪发亮。
- twinkle merrily
- 欢快地闪烁
- The fairy lights twinkled merrily in the garden.花园里的彩灯欢快地闪烁。
- twinkle like diamonds
- 像钻石一样闪闪发光
- The snow twinkled like diamonds in the morning sun.雪在晨光中像钻石一样闪闪发光。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想儿歌《小星星》：'Twinkle, twinkle, little star'，星光一闪一闪，也指眼睛因喜悦而发亮、眨眼。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：描述夜空星星或远处灯光时、描写人物眼神、表情（眼睛因喜悦而发亮）时 「twinkle」的语体随含义变化：表示星星或灯光“闪烁”时比较日常中性；形容眼睛因喜悦而发亮时多用于文学性描写或口语中带有修饰色彩的表达。根据具体搭配和语境选择，通常不算正式用语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -inkle 结尾，发音均为 /-ɪŋkəl/，与 twinkle /ˈtwɪŋkəl/ 押韵：crinkle, sprinkle, wrinkle, tinkle, winkle。注意 wrinkle 的 w 不发音。拼写相似的 -ingle 词（如 single, jingle, mingle）读 /-ɪŋɡəl/，不是 /-ɪŋkəl/，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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