winkle
英 ['wɪŋk(ə)l]
美 ['wɪŋkl]
- vt. 剔出；费劲找出
- n. 食用螺
- vi. 闪耀
- n. (Winkle)人名；(德)温克勒；(英)温克尔
GRE
winkle 蛾螺缩写自periwinkle,来自peri,在周围，-winkle,弯，转，缠绕，词源同vine,vetch。用于指蛾螺。
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
- 侦探试图从她那儿套取信息。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It's too difficult to winkle the truth out of him.
- 从他那儿挖出事实真相真是太难了。
来自辞典例句
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