blink

詳細解釋：

blink

v.（動詞）
blinked,blink.ing,blinks
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
眨眼：快速睜閉一眼或雙眼
To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
眯眼看：半睜著眼看（如遇強光）；眯眼看
To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
閃爍：有間斷亮光的閃光；一閃一閃

To be startled or dismayed.
驚愕或震驚
To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills:
動搖，猶豫：猶豫不決或後退，如在意志的較量中猶豫不決：
例句：
.This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked.(Zbigniew Brzezinski)
.這是該政府和蘇聯第一次真正面對面的交鋒。美國卻先動搖了.(茲比格尼尤·布澤金斯基)

To look with feigned ignorance:
視若無睹：假裝不知而不看：
例句：
a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.
對市政府的腐敗現象視若無睹的市長

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cause to blink.
使眨眼
To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking:
止住：眨著眼睛止住或擠掉：
例句：
blinked back the tears.
止住眼淚

To refuse to recognize or face:
拒絕承認或面對：
例句：
blink ugly facts.
拒絕承認醜陋的事實

To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.
用閃光燈傳送（信號）
n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.
眨眼：快速睜眼閉眼的動作
An instant:
一瞬間：
例句：
I`ll be back in a blink.
我馬上回來

Scots A quick look or glimpse; a glance.
【蘇格蘭】 一瞥；一眼：很快的一看或一瞥；粗略看
A flash of light; a twinkle.
閃光：燈光一閃；閃爍
See iceblink
參見 iceblink

<習慣用語>on the blink
Out of working order.
失調：不能正常工作
來源：
Probably Middle English blinken [to move suddenly]
可能為 中古英文 blinken [突然移動]
variant of blenchen * see blench
blenchen的變體 *參見 blench

<參考辭彙><同義詞>blink,nictitate,twinkle,winkThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to open and close the eyelids or an eyelid rapidly.:
這些動詞共有的中心含義是.快速睜閉眼瞼.：
例句：
a dog blinking lazily at the fire;
在火旁懶洋洋眨眼的狗；

例句：
reptiles nictitating;
爬行動物眨眼睛；

例句：
twinkled, then laughed and responded;
眨了眨眼睛，然後笑著回答了問題；

例句：
winking conspiratorially at his chum.
對同房間的人狡黠地眨了眨眼。