winkle

winkle
noun
  1. a small herbivorous shore-dwelling mollusc with a spiral shell
    滨螺,峨螺,玉黍螺。 亦称 periwinkle
  2. 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
  3. (informal)a child's term for a penis
    (非正式)(小孩的)小鸡鸡(指阴茎)
verb
  1. [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.
    我发誓我不打算告诉她,但她设法从我口中把事情全套了出来。
派生
winkler
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: shortening of periwinkle
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