blink

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
• Syn:
eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation
• Derivationally related forms:
nictate (for: nictation), nictitate (for: nictitation), wink (for: winking), wink (for: wink), blink (for: blinking)
• Hypernyms:
reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex,
inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
• Hyponyms:
palpebration

II - verb

1. briefly shut the eyes (Freq. 11)
- The TV announcer never seems to blink
• Syn:
wink, nictitate, nictate
• Derivationally related forms:
nictation (for: nictate), nictitation (for: nictitate), wink (for: wink), winker (for: wink), winking (for: wink), blinking
• Hypernyms:
act involuntarily, act reflexively
• Hyponyms:
palpebrate, bat, flutter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. force to go away by blinking (Freq. 2)
- blink away tears
• Syn:
wink, blink away
• Derivationally related forms:
wink (for: wink)
• Hypernyms:
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. gleam or glow intermittently
- The lights were flashing
• Syn:
flash, wink, twinkle, winkle
• Derivationally related forms:
twinkle (for: twinkle), twinkler (for: twinkle), blinker, flash (for: flash), flasher (for: flash)
• Hypernyms:
radiate
• Hyponyms:
flicker, flick
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Lights blink on the horizon
- The horizon is blinking with lights

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation, flash, twinkle, winkle, blink away, nictitate, nictate