- 1閃爍；(眼神中)頑皮或喜悅的光芒
To twinkle is to shine with a light that quickly gets brighter and dimmer in little flashes — this is exactly what stars do, which is why children sing 'twinkle, twinkle, little star'. The word is also used for a look in someone's eyes — 'a twinkle in her eye' means a look of amusement, mischief, or quiet happiness, often when someone is about to say or do something playful.
core核心畫面
組成From an old English word for sparkling; not a word that splits into clear pieces.
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
twinkleverb/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/
- 1
To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
- We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
- These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
- 2
To be bright with delight.
- His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
- 3
To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
- She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes[…]
- The Owl Fell a Moping and Twinkling.
- 4
To flit to and fro.
- A butterfly twinkled among the vines[…]
twinklenoun/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/
- 1
A sparkle or glimmer of light.
- Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
- 2
A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
- He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
- One of thoſe archers cloſely I did ſpy, / ayming his arrovv at my very hart: / vvhen ſuddenly vvith tvvincle of her eye, / the Damzell broke his miſintended dart.
- 3
A flitting movement.
- I saw the twinkle of white feet,
- 4
A brief moment; a twinkling.
- 5
The female genitalia.
- The popular Swedish cartoon song about genitals was translated as "Willie and Twinkle".
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