winkle

• vt. 剔出；費勁找出
• n. 食用螺
• vi. 閃耀
• n. (Winkle)人名；(德)溫克勒；(英)溫克爾

縮寫自periwinkle,來自peri,在周圍，-winkle,彎，轉，纏繞，詞源同vine,vetch。用於指蛾螺。

winkle (n.)

edible mollusk, 1580s, shortening of periwinkle (n.2).

1. He somehow managed to winkle Picard out of his room.

他不知用的什麽法子將皮卡德逼出了房間。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.

偵探試圖從她那兒套取信息。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The security services will pretty well go to any lengths to winkle out information.

安全部門會不遺餘力地套取情報。

來自柯林斯例句

4. It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.

解雇老警衛、再訓練年輕警衛取而代之並不是件容易的事。

來自柯林斯例句

5. It's too difficult to winkle the truth out of him.

從他那兒挖出事實真相真是太難了。

來自辭典例句