nictate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /nɪkˈteɪt/    美 /nɪkˈteɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane. intransitive
    — Indignantly interrogated as to whether he himself believed or exercised this abhominable and perabsurd superstition, he very gravely nictated his dexter eyelid. And I nictated mine. And we both laughed.

词形变化

nictates present,singular,third-person nictating participle,present nictated participle,past nictated past

词源

First attested in 1755; borrowed from Latin nictātus, perfect passive participle of nictō (“to wink, blink”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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