no obj.
1
- shut and open the eyes quickly眨眼睛：
she blinked, momentarily blinded
她眨了眨眼睛, 一时间什么也看不见了
with obj. he blinked his eyes nervously.他紧张地眨着眼睛。
1.1
- with obj. and adverbial of direction clear (dust or tears) from the eyes by this action眨眼挤出（灰尘, 眼泪）：
she blinked away her tears.
她眨眼挤出泪水。
1.2
- with obj.
blink something back
try to control or prevent tears by such an action眨眼忍住（泪水）
1.3
blink at
look at (someone or something) with one's eyes opening and shutting, typically to register surprise or bewilderment眨巴着眼睛看（多指吃惊或迷惑不解）。
1.4
- usu. with negative
blink at
figurative react to (something) with surprise or disapproval〈喻〉对…表示惊奇（或反对、厌恶）： he doesn't blink at the unsavoury aspects of his subject.
他对他话题中令人厌恶的部分并未表示反感。
1.5
- back down from a confrontation退让, 让步：
the government blinked only after losing 46 of the first 48 hearings.
政府只是在最初的48次听证会中有46次失败后才肯作出让步的。
2
- (of light) flash on and off in a regular or intermittent way（光）闪烁：
the car's right-hand indicator was blinking.
小汽车的右边方向灯在闪亮。
usu. in sing.
1
- an act of shutting and opening the eyes very quickly眨眼：
he was observing her every blink.
他注视着她眨巴时眼睛一开一闭的每一个变化。
1.1
- figurative a moment's hesitation〈喻〉片刻的犹豫, 举棋不定：
Feargal would have given her all this without a blink.
费尔盖尔本会毫不犹豫把这一切都给她。
2
- a momentary gleam of light（光的）瞬间闪烁。
短语
in the blink of an eye（或in a blink）
- informal very quickly〈非正式〉眨眼间, 一瞬间。
not blink an eye
- show no reaction没有反应, 无动于衷。
on the blink
- informal (of a machine) not working properly; out of order〈非正式〉（机器）出故障, 运转不正常：
the computer's on the blink.
电脑出故障了。
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