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- a small herbivorous shore-dwelling mollusc with a spiral shell.滨螺, 峨螺, 玉黍螺。亦称PERIWINKLE2.
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- Family Littorinidae, class Gastropoda: many genera and species, including the common and edible Littorina littorea.滨螺科, 腹足纲：数属, 多种, 包括常见的可食用滨螺。
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- informal a child's term for a penis〈非正式〉（儿童用语）小鸡鸡（指阴茎）。
with obj.(winkle something out)
- chiefly Brit. extract or obtain something with difficulty〈主英〉费劲取出; 设法搞到：
I swore I wasn't going to tell her, but she winkled it all out of me.
我发誓我当时并不打算告诉她, 但她设法从我口中把事情全套了出来。
派生词
winkler
noun词源
late 16th cent.: shortening of PERIWINKLE2 .