Word · Frequency #23130
winkle
/ˈwiŋkl/
verb
费力获取；费力弄出
to acquire or extract something with difficulty
常与 out 连用：winkle sth out（费力取出/套出）。
- 1.
Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”).
艰难地获取或提取
艰难地获取或提取；剔出；逐出；闪耀
In use
We finally winkled the missing coin out of the sofa cushions.
She managed to winkle the real reason for his anger out of him.
The kids were so happy in the pool that we had to winkle them out at closing time.
Verb forms
base winkle · third person winkles · -ing winkling · past winkled · past participle winkled
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- winkle out information
- 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。
- winkle out the truth
- 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。
- winkle out secrets
- 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。
- winkle a confession out of someone
- 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。
- winkle out details
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
及物和不及物两种用法，及物意为‘剔出’，不及物意为‘闪耀’
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正的同韵词有 twinkle、sprinkle、wrinkle、tinkle、crinkle，它们的重读元音和后面的辅音都是 /ɪŋkəl/。注意拼写相似的 pickle /ˈpɪkəl/ 没有 /ŋ/ 音，并不与 winkle 押韵。
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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