單詞
twink
[twi?k]
基本信息
- n.
- 眨眼
- 一瞬間，一剎那
- (火花的)閃爍，閃耀
中文詞源
twink 眨眼，閃爍，閃耀
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ) twincan,眨眼，閃爍，可以來(lái)自擬聲詞，比較 wink.
英文詞源
- twink (n.)
- c. 1400, in phrase in a twynk of oon eye "suddenly, almost instantaneously," from twink (v.) "to wink," probably from Old English twincan (see twinkle (v.)). Meaning "a twinkle" is from 1830. Meaning "young sexually attractive person" is recorded from 1963, probably from Twinkie; but compare 1920s-30s British homosexual slang twank in a similar sense.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The bomb exploded in a twink.
- 炸彈瞬間就爆炸了.
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