twinkle

B2 大学 FREQ #11852 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 闪烁, 闪耀, 瞬息 vi. 闪烁 vt. 使闪耀

发音

US /ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

词形变化

twinkles 复数 twinkles twinkled twinkles 三单 twinklest twinkleth twinkling twinkling 现在分词 twinkled 过去式 twinkled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

闪烁

动词

使闪耀；闪耀

动词

闪烁；发亮

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A sparkle or glimmer of light.

  2. 2.

    A sparkle of delight in the eyes.

    He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.

  3. 3.

    A flitting movement.

  4. 4.

    A brief moment; a twinkling.

    非正式
  5. 5.

    The female genitalia.

    妹妹

    The popular Swedish cartoon song about genitals was translated as "Willie and Twinkle".

v.
  1. 1.

    To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.

    We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.

  2. 2.

    To be bright with delight.

    His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.

  3. 3.

    To bat, blink or wink the eyes.

  4. 4.

    To flit to and fro.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

light spark sparkling sparkle scintillation

上位词 10

look face change expression aspect vitality modification alteration verve facial expression
动词

同义词 5

flash blink wink winkle scintillate

上位词 3

shine beam radiate

下位词 2

flick flicker

近义相关 1

scintillate

相关短语

twinkle toes twinkle in one's father's eye twinkle in one's daddy's eye twinkle out

词源

From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).

来源：wiktionary