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单词 twinkling
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Definition of twinkling in English:

twinkling

adjective ˈtwɪŋk(ə)lɪŋˈtwɪŋklɪŋˈtwɪŋklɪŋ
  • 1Shining with a gleam that changes from bright to faint.

    twinkling harbour lights
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There we were in the desert of Rajasthan, sitting on a castle rampart, just us and a myriad stars twinkling furiously.
    • Except for the lovely outdoor night scene for Juliet's funeral, with its twinkling stars, some updating might be good.
    • Soon the entire city was covered in snow and twinkling lights.
    • His golden hair looked much like the stars twinkling in the night sky.
    • Bizarrely, to my left, the sky was still midnight blue and twinkling with stars.
    • A short, vigorously cheerful woman in a twinkling red dress walked about, greeting each person.
    • Dew glistened in the grass on the side of the road like little twinkling diamonds in the rough.
    • Any number of specters could be floating in the cold, thin air or cavorting among icily twinkling stars.
    • The set recreates a little town in southern France, in which twinkling stars can be seen during night scenes.
    • Others with a different signal seem to be blinking, twinkling.
    • Ah, the romance of twinkling lights in the distance.
    • I strolled around the windward side and looked out at the twinkling lights abreast Rayong.
    • What they ignore is the story hidden behind the twinkling lights.
    • Stand her in the middle of a darkened Victorian dining room draped with holiday greenery, a Christmas tree twinkling in the corner.
    • On Saturday night, after enjoying the campfire, we noticed a few stars twinkling through the hazy sky.
    • The camera pans across a galaxy of stars and planets, novae, and nebulae twinkling in the blackness.
    • At dusk, as darkness is falling, small red or yellow lights are twinkling in the dark-blue autumn mist.
    • Small candles were tactically nestled amongst the branches to be lit at night, representing the twinkling stars of the heavens.
    • Devlin scanned the valley below him, enjoying the twinkling of the city's lights.
    • There wasn't a soul in sight, only the bright stars twinkling above.
    1. 1.1 (of a person's eyes) sparkling, especially with amusement.
      twinkling eyes, happy smiles
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The man grins at you, his eyes twinkling.
      • Or, a Christmas tree made from hundreds of twinkling lights is a great feature on any patio.
      • The boy looked up, his dark blue eyes twinkling with amusement.
      • Marlo shrugged away, trying to mask his smile with a scowl, which only resulted in a tight-lipped frown, eyes twinkling.
      • She looks at Ryan, her brown eyes twinkling with amusement.
      • He was sitting in the middle of the pavement, with his twinkling eyes staring at me expectantly.
      • Aunt Margaret came out of the tailor shop just moments later, her eyes twinkling with some sort of secret knowledge.
      • Most of them were watching me with a twinkling amusement in their eyes.
      • According to Miranda he told her the story " with twinkling eyes ".
      • Two pairs of eyes locked together, both sets of eyes twinkling with the deepest of emotions.
      • He grinned at her answer with his eyes twinkling.
      • I can see her reddish-blonde hair, her slender figure and her sooty lashes blinking above slitted, twinkling green eyes.
      • Steven glanced at me, his eyes once again twinkling.
      • I saw all of biblical history in the twinkling of an eye.
      • Fortunately for the command climate of the 1st Pursuit Group, the witty operations officer with twinkling eyes buffered Atkinson's dourness.
      • Hoss grinned as she put a finger to her lips, her eyes twinkling.
      • She stared into my eyes for a moment, twinkling with personal satisfaction.
      • Yet his vague unwillingness to discuss specific strategies suggests that these aspirations will merely remain a twinkling in Mr Simpson's eye.
      • Red eyes cut across to look at her evilly and she simply smiled, blue eyes twinkling up at him.
      • Once they were inside, Elizabeth released Darcy's arm and turned to him, eyes twinkling with mischief.

Phrases

  • in a twinkling (or the twinkling of an eye)

    • In an instant; very quickly.

      I'll have supper ready in a twinkling
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He could flip in a twinkling.
      • But in a twinkling Tipp had wiped it out.
      • But like all one-day matches, a brilliant catch or run out, or a fast innings can change matters in a twinkling and today's match should be no exception.
      • In a twinkling, the broad, tall figure was reduced to thin, glassy shards that dissolved in the air.
      • Our fears that learners would starve was wiped out in a twinkling of an eye.
      • The Seagulls had three goals on the board in a twinkling, running to an 18-point lead before the Rebels finally scored just before the break.
      • In a twinkling, the ball was swept to the onrushing Kieran Lewis.
      • And, in a twinkling, the two largest girls had joined hands and made a sedan-chair for Tate, and the entire party was hurrying on after Jenny.
      • They stand there, radiating photons of goodwill, and despite yourself, you beam back, and the world, in a twinkling, changes.
      • They switch between parts in a twinkling, and alternate savvily between lead singers and backup.
      Synonyms
      (very) soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long, shortly, in a very short time, any second (now), any minute (now)
      North American momentarily
      informal in a jiffy, nanosecond, in two shakes (of a lamb's tail), before you can say Jack Robinson, in a sec, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife
      British informal in a tick, in two ticks, in a mo, sharpish
      North American informal in a snap
      dated directly

Definition of twinkling in US English:

twinkling

adjectiveˈtwɪŋklɪŋˈtwiNGkliNG
  • 1Shining with a gleam that changes from bright to faint.

    twinkling harbor lights
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His golden hair looked much like the stars twinkling in the night sky.
    • The camera pans across a galaxy of stars and planets, novae, and nebulae twinkling in the blackness.
    • What they ignore is the story hidden behind the twinkling lights.
    • Soon the entire city was covered in snow and twinkling lights.
    • Any number of specters could be floating in the cold, thin air or cavorting among icily twinkling stars.
    • Devlin scanned the valley below him, enjoying the twinkling of the city's lights.
    • A short, vigorously cheerful woman in a twinkling red dress walked about, greeting each person.
    • The set recreates a little town in southern France, in which twinkling stars can be seen during night scenes.
    • Stand her in the middle of a darkened Victorian dining room draped with holiday greenery, a Christmas tree twinkling in the corner.
    • There wasn't a soul in sight, only the bright stars twinkling above.
    • On Saturday night, after enjoying the campfire, we noticed a few stars twinkling through the hazy sky.
    • Small candles were tactically nestled amongst the branches to be lit at night, representing the twinkling stars of the heavens.
    • Ah, the romance of twinkling lights in the distance.
    • Dew glistened in the grass on the side of the road like little twinkling diamonds in the rough.
    • Except for the lovely outdoor night scene for Juliet's funeral, with its twinkling stars, some updating might be good.
    • There we were in the desert of Rajasthan, sitting on a castle rampart, just us and a myriad stars twinkling furiously.
    • At dusk, as darkness is falling, small red or yellow lights are twinkling in the dark-blue autumn mist.
    • Bizarrely, to my left, the sky was still midnight blue and twinkling with stars.
    • Others with a different signal seem to be blinking, twinkling.
    • I strolled around the windward side and looked out at the twinkling lights abreast Rayong.
    1. 1.1 (of a person's eyes) sparkling, especially with amusement.
      twinkling eyes, happy smiles
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Or, a Christmas tree made from hundreds of twinkling lights is a great feature on any patio.
      • I saw all of biblical history in the twinkling of an eye.
      • According to Miranda he told her the story " with twinkling eyes ".
      • The man grins at you, his eyes twinkling.
      • Once they were inside, Elizabeth released Darcy's arm and turned to him, eyes twinkling with mischief.
      • I can see her reddish-blonde hair, her slender figure and her sooty lashes blinking above slitted, twinkling green eyes.
      • Hoss grinned as she put a finger to her lips, her eyes twinkling.
      • She stared into my eyes for a moment, twinkling with personal satisfaction.
      • Fortunately for the command climate of the 1st Pursuit Group, the witty operations officer with twinkling eyes buffered Atkinson's dourness.
      • Most of them were watching me with a twinkling amusement in their eyes.
      • Aunt Margaret came out of the tailor shop just moments later, her eyes twinkling with some sort of secret knowledge.
      • Red eyes cut across to look at her evilly and she simply smiled, blue eyes twinkling up at him.
      • He grinned at her answer with his eyes twinkling.
      • The boy looked up, his dark blue eyes twinkling with amusement.
      • Yet his vague unwillingness to discuss specific strategies suggests that these aspirations will merely remain a twinkling in Mr Simpson's eye.
      • He was sitting in the middle of the pavement, with his twinkling eyes staring at me expectantly.
      • Marlo shrugged away, trying to mask his smile with a scowl, which only resulted in a tight-lipped frown, eyes twinkling.
      • Two pairs of eyes locked together, both sets of eyes twinkling with the deepest of emotions.
      • She looks at Ryan, her brown eyes twinkling with amusement.
      • Steven glanced at me, his eyes once again twinkling.

Phrases

  • in a twinkling (or the twinkling of an eye)

    • In an instant; very quickly.

      I'll have supper ready in a twinkling
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But in a twinkling Tipp had wiped it out.
      • In a twinkling, the broad, tall figure was reduced to thin, glassy shards that dissolved in the air.
      • Our fears that learners would starve was wiped out in a twinkling of an eye.
      • He could flip in a twinkling.
      • They stand there, radiating photons of goodwill, and despite yourself, you beam back, and the world, in a twinkling, changes.
      • They switch between parts in a twinkling, and alternate savvily between lead singers and backup.
      • But like all one-day matches, a brilliant catch or run out, or a fast innings can change matters in a twinkling and today's match should be no exception.
      • The Seagulls had three goals on the board in a twinkling, running to an 18-point lead before the Rebels finally scored just before the break.
      • In a twinkling, the ball was swept to the onrushing Kieran Lewis.
      • And, in a twinkling, the two largest girls had joined hands and made a sedan-chair for Tate, and the entire party was hurrying on after Jenny.
      Synonyms
      soon, very soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in no time, in less than no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long, shortly, in a very short time, any second, any second now, any minute, any minute now
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