winkle
US'wıŋkəl
معنی فارسی
چشمک زدن، جابجا کردن، حلزون خوراکي.
رجوع شود به periwinkle
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Old English 'wincle', a type of shellfish, and the verb sense is from the action of extracting a winkle from its shell.
مثال
- The beach was covered in winkles.
- He managed to winkle the information out of her.
- Winkles are common on the rocky shore.
ترکیبهای رایج
Winkle shell Winkle out Winkle information
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked “Substance Holonyms: periwinkle”
- edible marine gastropod “Substance Meronyms: periwinkleII”
- gleam or glow intermittently “The lights were flashing” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s” “Somebody ----s something”
- emit or reflect light in a flickering manner “Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s”
- remove or displace from a position “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody”