winkle

noun

1. 滨螺，蛾螺，玉黍螺（可食用）
   a small shellfish , like a snail , that can be eaten

verb

verb

1. 滨螺，蛾螺，玉黍螺（可食用）
   Winkles are small sea snails that can be eaten.

in AM, use 美国英语用 periwinkles

1. The security services will pretty well go to any lengths to winkle out information
   安全部门会不遗余力地套取情报。
2. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
   侦探试图从她那儿套取信息。
3. He somehow managed to winkle Picard out of his room
   他不知用的什么法子将皮卡德逼出了房间。
4. It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.
   解雇老警卫、再训练年轻警卫取而代之并不是件容易的事。
5. He played "Rip Van Winkle." I had often read the story, but I had never felt the charm of Rip's slow, quaint, kind ways as I did in the play.
   我曾经读过这个故事，可是我从来不觉得里普那慢条斯理、奇特而友善的行为方式有什么过人之处。
6. Mr. Jefferson recited the best dialogues of "Rip Van Winkle," in which the tear came close upon the smile.
   杰弗逊先生背诵了《里普·梵·温克尔》中的精彩对白，这是一段笑中含泪的感人情节。
7. I managed to winkle the news out.
   我好不容易才探听到那消息。
8. One of my dearest memories is of the time when Joseph Jefferson allowed me to touch his face and hands as he went through some of the gestures and speeches of his beloved Rip Van Winkle.
   我最宝贵的记忆之一是那次约瑟夫・杰佛逊表演完他心爱的角色瑞普・范・温克尔的动作和对白后让我摸他的脸和手。
9. Mr. Winkle looked up at the declining orb.
   文克尔先生抬头看看落日。
10. Purpose: If the leather use for the sofa have a good flex resistance properties, the product will have little chance to become winkle, and the product will be more durable and more comfortable.
    用于沙发上的皮革如果有良好的抗弯折的特性，生产出来的沙发便不容易起皱接，沙发会更美观耐用。
11. We tried to winkle an apology out of them.
    我们试图逼他们道歉。
12. All this time, Mr Winkle had been putting his skates on.
    这期间，温克尔先生一直都在穿冰鞋。
13. Some of you may know the story of Rip Van winkle.
    你们有些人可能知道《瑞普凡温克尔》的故事。
14. In the tense and tactical contests he could, like Solskjaer, be a specialist substitute who can winkle out a goal.
    他可以像索尔斯克亚那样，成为一名在局面紧张和战术做调整时能带来进球的超级替补。
15. Israel would, after all, find it hard if not impossible to winkle out every last rocket and martyr.
    如果，以色列最后不能找出并消灭所有的火箭弹和殉教者，它就会知难而退。
16. "I beg you won't mention it, sir", said Mr winkle.
    “我请你不要介意了，先生”，文克尔先生说。
17. Stores use extremely clever strategies to winkle customers into making purchases.
    商店采用极其聪明的方法让顾客买东西。
18. Just hold me at first, sam, will you?@ said Mr winkle.
    “山姆，先扶我一会儿好吗？”温克尔先生乞求道。
19. They usually manage to winkle out of people what they want to know.
    他们经常能设法套出别人的话，打听到想要知道的事。
20. It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny little winkle on the suface of my brain, which makes me think about invisible train platforms.
    如果结果证明让我想到那些暗藏的火车站台的是我大脑表面的一个有趣的小田螺型组织，将会让我很扫兴。
21. He lost all control and attacked David winkle and his brother.
    他已经不能控制并且攻击了大卫文可和他的兄弟。
22. In the village there lived a simple, good man named Rip Van Winkle.
    村里住着一位简朴的好人，他的名字叫做李伯凡文克。
23. The Mysterious World and Real Society in the Rip Van Winkle
    《瑞普·凡·温克尔》中的神秘世界和真实社会
24. A thrill passed over Mr. Winkle's frame.
    一阵颤栗掠过文克尔先生的身体。
25. Irvings most famous book was The Sketch Book containing two of the best-loved stories from American literature: "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
    欧文最有名的书是《美国速写本》，其中包含了美国人的最喜爱的两个故事：“瑞普凡温克尔”和“睡谷的传说”。
26. This is the opinion of some Rip Van winkle.
    这是一些不识时务的意见。
27. "The consequences may be dreadful," said Mr. Winkle.
    结果也许是很可怕的，文克尔先生说。
28. The stranger took Mr winkle's measure with his eye.
    陌生人用他的眼睛打量一下文克先生的身材。
29. Winkle shells are abundant on this beach.
    这个海滩上有大量的峨螺壳。
30. I've dropped a coin between the floorboards; try to winkle it out of there.
    我将一枚硬币掉到地板缝里去了，想想办法把它取出来。

winkle sth/sb↔out (of sth)

1. （从…处）挖出，掏出；迫使…离开（某地方或位置）
   to get sth/sb out of a place or position, especially when this is not easy to do

winkle sth out of sb

1. 从…套出（实情等）
   to get information from sb, especially with difficulty

noun

1. edible marine gastropod

   Synonym:    periwinkle

2. small edible marine snail

   Synonym:    periwinkle

verb

1. remove or displace from a position

   Synonym:    winkle out

2. gleam or glow intermittently
   1. The lights were flashing

   Synonym:    flashblinkwinktwinkle

3. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
   1. Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?

   Synonym:    twinklescintillate