• vt. 眨眼；使…閃爍
• vi. 眨眼；閃爍
• n. 眨眼；瞬間；閃光
• n. (Blink)人名；(德)布林克

來自PIE *bhel, 照耀，閃光。指由於眩目而眨眼。-k, 硬化音。詞源同blind.

blink (v.)

1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," which is of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found in Old English blican "to shine, glitter" (see bleach (v.)).

Middle English had blynke (c. 1300) in the sense "a brief gleam or spark," perhaps a variant of blench "to move suddenly or sharply; to raise one's eyelids" (c. 1200), perhaps from the rare Old English blencan "deceive." Related: Blinked; blinking. The last, as a euphemism for a stronger word, is attested by 1914.

blink (n.)

1590s, "a glance;" see blink (v.). As is the case with the verb, there is a similar word in Middle English, in use from c. 1300, that might represent a native form of the same root.

1. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.

他身體出現了神經性抽搐，開始不停地眨眼睛。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It was all over in the blink of an eye.

轉眼之間，一切都結束了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. In a blink of an eye he had disappeared.

一眨眼的工夫他就沒影了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. I can't hear the news since my radio went on the blink.

由於我的收音機壞了,我聽不到新聞了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.

燈塔的光亮在數英裏之外都能看見.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》