winked
past simple and past participle ofwink
| 单词 | winked |
| 释义 | winked past simple and past participle ofwink wink verb[I] uk/wɪŋk/us/wɪŋk/C2 tocloseoneeyefor ashorttimeas a way ofgreetingsomeone orshowingfriendliness,sexualinterest, etc., or ofshowingthat you are notseriousabout something you have said: Laura winkedatme as Stephenturnedhis back. For a second Ithoughthe was beingserious, but then he winkedatme. to blink
Whenlightswink, theykeepflashingon and offquickly: Reflected in thewater, thelightswinkedatus from the othersideof thelake. Thelightwas winking on theansweringmachine. The eye & surrounding area
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Gestures & gesturing Giving out light Phrasal verbwink atsomething Examplesofwinkedwinked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Even in their heyday, people sometimeswinkedand leered at their seemingly retrograde approaches to life. From theCambridge English Corpus But admit it, the articlewinkedat its readers, you used to use three or four times more than you actually needed. From theCambridge English Corpus Firmswinkedat the practice as long as the stock was correct at the end of the month. From theCambridge English Corpus I have had the experience myself of cases where a man merelywinkedand the auctioneer took his bid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have encouraged this, or at all events havewinkedat it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The system is eitherwinkedat by the police, or nobody wishes to prevent it being used, because it is for the public safety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A few lightswinked, a few little bells tinkled, and then he slowly got up and gently pulled the levers, and sat down again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 During war time that might have beenwinkedat, because every well-grown lad would make a soldier, and was absolutely necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theywinkedat all that and the mining community as a consequence has been substantially demoralised and the coal owners did that without regard to the national welfare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think this is a piece of robbery on the part of the main tenants, and it is a practice which iswinkedat by the gas undertakings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are usually local in character, enforced by shop stewards without official backing, but as a rule with official knowledge; in other words, they are unauthorised, butwinkedat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of this iswinkedat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That relates to anything, not only during the extended period, but anything that has gone before which has beenwinkedat or disregarded as being something trivial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 During the last war, however, looting or the collection of booty was pretty prevalent and waswinkedat by the authorities on a fairly large scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is more thanwinkedat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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