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Wink German One's Eyes High Root Meaning Close

正面 8044.wink
英 [wɪŋk]美 [wɪŋk]

背面
释义:
vi. 眨眼;使眼色;闪烁n. 眨眼;使眼色;闪烁;瞬间vt. 眨眼n. (Wink)人名;(瑞典、芬、德)温克
例句:
1. I didn't get a wink of sleep on the aeroplane.我在飞机上没合一下眼。

分析:w——“我”的拼音首字母;ink——墨水。记忆:我对着墨水眨眼。2. blink => wink.3. twink, twinkle => wink.
wink 眨眼来自PIE*weng,弯,转,摇晃,词源同wince,winch。引申词义点头,眨眼,合眼,示意,现主要用于词义眨眼。
wink (v.)Old English wincian "to blink, wink, close one's eyes quickly," from Proto-Germanic *wink- (cognates: Dutch winken, Old High German winkan "move sideways, stagger; nod," German winken "to wave, wink"), a gradational variant of the root of Old High German wankon "to stagger, totter," Old Norse vakka "to stray, hover," from PIE root *weng- "to bend, curve." The meaning "close an eye as a hint or signal" is first recorded c. 1100; that of "close one's eyes (to fault or irregularity)" first attested late 15c. Related: Winked; winking.wink (n.)"a quick shutting and opening of the eyes," c. 1300, from wink (v.); meaning "very brief moment of time" is attested from 1580s."

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