blink

• vt. 眨眼；使…闪烁
• vi. 眨眼；闪烁
• n. 眨眼；瞬间；闪光
• n. (Blink)人名；(德)布林克

来自PIE *bhel, 照耀，闪光。指由于眩目而眨眼。-k, 硬化音。词源同blind.

blink (v.)

1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," which is of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found in Old English blican "to shine, glitter" (see bleach (v.)).

Middle English had blynke (c. 1300) in the sense "a brief gleam or spark," perhaps a variant of blench "to move suddenly or sharply; to raise one's eyelids" (c. 1200), perhaps from the rare Old English blencan "deceive." Related: Blinked; blinking. The last, as a euphemism for a stronger word, is attested by 1914.

blink (n.)

1590s, "a glance;" see blink (v.). As is the case with the verb, there is a similar word in Middle English, in use from c. 1300, that might represent a native form of the same root.

1. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.

他身体出现了神经性抽搐，开始不停地眨眼睛。

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2. It was all over in the blink of an eye.

转眼之间，一切都结束了。

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3. In a blink of an eye he had disappeared.

一眨眼的工夫他就没影了.

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4. I can't hear the news since my radio went on the blink.

由于我的收音机坏了,我听不到新闻了.

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5. The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.

灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见.

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