twinkling

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shining with fast intermittent light.
  2. A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
    — The housework was done in a twinkling.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of twinkle form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Sparkling intermittently.

词形变化

more twinkling comparative most twinkling superlative twinklings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
in the twinkling of a bedpost in the twinkling of a bedstaff in the twinkling of an eye

词源

词源 1
From Middle English twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English twynkelyng, twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing.
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