winkle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
    — […] because the inward Eare is intorted like a winkle-shell, and hangeth as a bell in thee steeple of the body, it easily perceiueth all appulsions of the Ayre.
  2. Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
    — There were also found fragments of the winkle (Fulgar carica).
  3. The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult. childish,slang
    — After all, he didn't want his winkle to get so big it became unruly and unnatural.
动词 v.
  1. Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”).

词形变化

winkles plural winkles present,singular,third-person winkling participle,present winkled participle,past winkled past

词汇关系

衍生词
European sting winkle winkle-picker

词源

Short for periwinkle.
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