winking [医] 瞬目
winking[ noun ]- a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
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[ adj ]- closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
<adj.all>
he stood blinking in the bright sunlight
Wink \Wink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Winked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Winking}.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G.
winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan.
vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanch?n to
waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a
corner. Cf. {Wench}, {Wince}, v. i.]
1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] ``Although I wake or
wink.'' --Chaucer.
2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a
quick motion.
He must wink, so loud he would cry. --Chaucer.
And I will wink, so shall the day seem night.
--Shak.
They are not blind, but they wink. --Tillotson.
3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to
blink.
A baby of some three months old, who winked, and
turned aside its little face from the too vivid
light of day. --Hawthorne.
4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of
one eye only.
Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate.
--Swift.
5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to
connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
The times of this ignorance God winked at. --Acts
xvii. 30.
And yet, as though he knew it not,
His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign.
--Herbert.
Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued.
--Locke.
6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
{Winking monkey} (Zo["o]l.), the white-nosed monkey
({Cersopithecus nictitans}).
- Prosecutor Webb attacked Reagan's testimony, saying "Ronald Reagan didn't seem to remember anything in this case" and demonstrated bias at one point by turning and winking at Poindexter.
- Technological bravado is going out of fashion like winking lights on computer cabinets.
- The State Department, after being accused of winking at Noriega's alleged drug smuggling activities for years, found itself on the defensive when its efforts to remove him came up short.
- "Finding oil in the Place de la Concorde would be quite refined," he added, winking.
- Sarkis answered questions with questions, smiling and winking at the other Armenians present.
- Electrically powered trolleys formed little empty holes of light where they stalled, emergency blinkers winking on and off. Car headlights criss-crossed, pedestrians dodging among them.
- Roy Markegard, a horse trainer in Half Moon Bay, Calif., says he's taught 80 of his equine friends to wink simply by winking at them until they wink back.