Word · Frequency #10631
winks
眨眼示意；使眼色
winks is the third person singular of wink.
to close and open one eye quickly as a private signal or hint
- 1.
To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
用一只眼睛眨眼作为信息、信号或暗示,通常带有共谋意味
- 2.
To gleam fitfully or intermittently; to twinkle; to flicker.
忽明忽暗地闪烁；闪烁；忽隐忽现
闪烁；闪耀；用一只眼睛眨眼作为信息、信号或暗示,通常带有共谋意味；忽明忽暗地闪烁；闪烁；忽隐忽现；眨眼；使眼色
In use
My friend winked at me, and I knew we were both thinking the same thing.
If you need help, just wink and I'll come over.
He always winks when he is telling a joke.
Verb forms
base wink · third person winks · -ing winking · past winked · past participle winked
规则动词，过去式和过去分词为 winked。
Connections
Collocations
- wink at somebody
- 向某人眨眼示意
- She winked at me from across the room.她从房间那头朝我眨了眨眼。
- wink knowingly
- 会意地眨眨眼
- He winked knowingly at his friend when the boss praised the idea.老板夸奖这个主意时，他会意地朝朋友眨了眨眼。
- wink one's eye
- 眨一只眼
- Dad winked his eye to show that he was only teasing.爸爸眨了一只眼，表示他只是在逗人玩。
- wink back
- 眨眼回应
- She smiled at him, and he winked back.她朝他笑了笑，他也眨了下眼回应。
- stars winking in the night sky
- 夜空中闪烁的星星
- The stars winked in the clear night sky.星星在晴朗的夜空中闪烁。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 wink 拆成 win + k 联想：赢（win）时对同伴眨一下眼示意，眼睛像灯光一闪（wink 也有“闪烁”义）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：casual conversation、sharing a joke or secret、narrative description of a character 本条目讨论“用一只眼睛眨眼示意”的用法。该用法通常出现在日常口语和一般叙述中，语气中性；具体语气会随语境显得俏皮或带有默契，但词本身并不正式或粗俗。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 wink /wɪŋk/ 押韵，都包含相同的尾音 /ɪŋk/，拼写都有 -ink。注意不要被形近词误导：wing /wɪŋ/ 没有 /k/，wine /waɪn/ 元音不同，win /wɪn/ 没有 /k/，wince /wɪns/ 结尾是 /s/。只有以 -ink 且发音为 /ɪŋk/ 的词才押韵。
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。
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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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