資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blink \Blink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Blinking}.] [OE. blenken; akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka,
   G. blinken to shine, glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to
   shine; and prob. to D. blikken to glance, twinkle, G. blicken
   to look, glance, AS. bl[=i]can to shine, E. bleak. [root]98.
   See {Bleak}; cf. 1st {Blench}.]
   1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

            One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. --Pope

   2. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with
      frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

            Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.
                                                  --Shak.

   3. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to
      flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

            The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

            The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.