wink學測 L5KK [ˈwɪŋk] ｜ /ˈwɪŋk/
眨眼示意·閃爍；忽明忽暗
眨眼傳遞弦外之音，常見肢體語言字
She winked at me across the room, and I knew it was our secret joke.
她隔著整個房間對我眨了眨眼，我就知道那是我們的默契笑話。
一個畫面：瞬間一閃
俏皮眨眼眼皮快速一闔一開，傳遞悄悄話
燈光閃爍光線忽明忽滅，像眨眼般跳動
義項
俏皮眨眼C2noun眨眼示意
After telling a joke, she gave a playful wink to let him know she was kidding.
說完笑話後，她俏皮地眨了眨眼，讓他知道她在開玩笑。
give a winka playful wink
夜空閃爍C2verb閃爍；忽明忽暗
The fireflies danced in the dark, winking their tiny lights like stars in the night sky.
螢火蟲在黑暗中飛舞，閃爍著小小的光，宛如夜空中的繁星。
winking lightswinking stars
片語
in the wink of an eye眨眼工夫 →形容速度極快的瞬間
forty winks小睡片刻 →指短暫的小睡片刻
a knowing wink心照不宣 →帶著默契的眨眼眼神
你會不會這樣說？
After telling a joke, she gave a playful ___ to let him know she was kidding. (wink / wing)
看答案
wink
wink指眨眼示意，wing指翅膀，兩字只差一個字母容易看錯。
'The fireflies danced in the dark, winking their tiny lights like stars in the night sky.' 這裡的 winking 最接近哪個意思？(A) 眨眼示意 (B) 忽明忽暗地閃爍 (C) 眨眼睡覺
看答案
(B)
此句描述螢火蟲的光忽明忽暗，對應「閃爍」義項，而非眨眼示意人。
字族
winking 眨眼的；閃爍的（現在分詞作形容詞）