winkle out information
collocation费力获取信息
She managed to winkle out the information from the archive.
她设法从档案中费力查到了那则信息。
费力获取；费力弄出
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费力获取；费力弄出
to acquire or extract something with difficulty
We finally winkled the missing coin out of the sofa cushions.
我们终于把丢失的硬币从沙发垫缝里费劲地掏了出来。
常与 out 连用：winkle sth out（费力取出/套出）。
艰难地获取或提取
Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”).
winkle
Base
原形
winkles
3rd person
第三人称单数
winkling
-ing
现在分词
winkled
Past
过去式
winkled
Past participle
过去分词
He winkles the snail out of its shell.
他把蜗牛从壳里剔出来。
She winkled the cork from the bottle.
她拔出了瓶塞。
They are winkling the weeds from the garden.
他们正在剔除花园里的杂草。
规则动词
She managed to winkle the real reason for his anger out of him.
她设法从他嘴里费劲地套出了他生气的真正原因。
The kids were so happy in the pool that we had to winkle them out at closing time.
孩子们在游泳池里玩得太开心，关门时我们只好把他们连哄带拉地弄出来。
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费力获取信息
She managed to winkle out the information from the archive.
她设法从档案中费力查到了那则信息。
费力查明真相
It took weeks of questioning to winkle the truth out of the witness.
花了数周盘问，才从证人口中费力问出真相。
费力挖出秘密
The journalist was famous for winkling out government secrets.
这位记者以费力挖出政府机密而闻名。
费力使某人招供
The detectives winkled a confession out of the suspect.
侦探们费尽周折让嫌疑人招供了。
费力获取细节
She winkled the details out of her colleagues.
她费了好大劲才从同事那里问出细节。
费力获取，挖出
The detective finally winkled out the truth from the witness.
侦探最终从证人那里费力挖出了真相。
从某人那里套出/挖出
She winkled the secret out of her little brother.
她从弟弟那里套出了秘密。
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winkle 读起来像 wink+le：想象眨着眼（wink）从一个窄缝里一点点把东西抠出来——费力获取。
语域：informal 常见场景：非正式对话、日常交流 该义项通常用于非正式场合，多与 out 搭配（winkle out），表示费力地获取、弄出或挖出某物；正式写作中较少使用。
及物和不及物两种用法，及物意为‘剔出’，不及物意为‘闪耀’
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