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give sb a wink
表示秘密或友好的示意。
He gave me a wink across the room.
他隔着房间向我眨了一下眼。
单眼眨眼；眨眼示意
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单眼眨眼；眨眼示意
An act of winking: closing one eye quickly, especially as a signal or message.
He gave me a wink across the room.
他隔着房间向我眨了一下眼。
眨一只眼的动作,或通过眨眼发送的信息
An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
小圆片(游戏中使用的)
Synonym of tiddlywink (“small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks”).
很短的时间(如眨眼或心跳的时间)
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
短暂的睡眠；尤其是小憩片刻
A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
A wink can be a friendly way to say hello without words.
眨眼可以是一种不用说话就能友好打招呼的方式。
He gave me a wink from across the table.
他从桌子对面朝我眨了一下眼。
Her wink told me everything was fine.
她的眨眼示意告诉我一切正常。
表示秘密或友好的示意。
He gave me a wink across the room.
他隔着房间向我眨了一下眼。
强调极短的时间。
The car disappeared in a wink.
那辆车眨眼间就消失了。
常用于否定句，表示完全没合眼。
I didn't sleep a wink last night.
昨晚我完全没睡着。
强调目不转睛。
She stared at me without a wink.
她一动不动地盯着我，眼睛都不眨一下。
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朝某人眨眼示意
He gave me a wink as he left.
他离开时朝我眨了眨眼。
会意的眼色
She gave me a knowing wink when the teacher wasn't looking.
趁老师不注意时，她向我使了个会意的眼色。
小睡，打盹
I'm going to catch forty winks before dinner.
晚饭前我要小睡一会儿。
一夜没合眼
The baby cried all night, so I didn't sleep a wink.
婴儿哭了一夜，所以我完全没有合眼。
一瞬间，一眨眼工夫
The thief disappeared in a wink.
小偷一眨眼工夫就不见了。
小睡，打盹
I need to catch forty winks before the meeting.
会议前我需要打个盹。
完全没有合眼，一点也没睡
I didn't get a wink of sleep last night.
昨晚我一点也没睡着。
一眨眼间，转瞬间
The thief disappeared in the wink of an eye.
小偷一眨眼就不见了。
谚语：向瞎马眨眼或点头都一样。意思是对不懂暗示的人做暗示没有用。
He tried to signal with a wink, but no one noticed.
他试图用眨眼示意，但没人注意到。
眨眼是一只眼睛闭着的微笑。这是常见的俏皮话，形容眨眼像只用一只眼睛做出的微笑。
She gave me a wink to show she was joking.
她朝我眨了一下眼，表示她在开玩笑。
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想象赢家(win)朝你眨眼(wink)示意，眼睛一闭一睁就是一瞬间。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、非正式社交场合、眼神示意或暗示 wink 作名词表示“眨眼示意”时为中性词，正式与非正式场合都可用；但实际使用中多用于日常对话或轻松的社交场景，较少出现在严肃的书面语中。
Commonly used in the phrase 'in a wink' meaning very quickly.
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