西瓜单词

winkle是什么意思

winkle

英 ['wɪŋk(ə)l] 美 ['wɪŋkl]

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。

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。

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。