winkle

名词 winkle:

1. small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
   同义词：periwinkle
2. edible marine gastropod
   同义词：periwinkle

动词 winkle:

1. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
   同义词：twinkle, scintillate
2. gleam or glow intermittently
   同义词：flash, blink, wink, twinkle
3. remove or displace from a position
   同义词：winkle out

1. 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。
2. I managed to winkle the news out of him.
   我设法从他那探到那消息。

winkle

n.Zoology （名词）【动物学】
A periwinkle.
滨螺；玉黍螺

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v.tr.（及物动词）
win.kled,win.kling,win.kles 【多用于英国】
To pry, extract, or force from a place or position. Often used without.
挑出，逐出：从一个地方或位置撬开、提取出或驱逐出。通常与out 一起用

来源：
From winkle [from the process of extracting periwinkles from their shells]
源自 winkle [因从滨螺的壳里撬出其肉的过程而来]