单词 | to blink away or back |
释义 | > as lemmasto blink (tears) away or back d. transitive. to blink (tears) away or back: to send (tears) away, to avoid shedding (tears), by blinking. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > control oneself or the emotions [verb (transitive)] > repress tears to blink (tears) away or back1905 1905 E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 215 Tears kept rising in my eyes, and I did not even worry to blink them away. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 146 She blinked back the ever-recurring tears. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xxi. §1 Rosamond blinked away tears, with the salt Pacific, from her eyes. 1945 ‘C. Brahms’ & ‘S. J. Simon’ Six Curtains for Stroganova xx. 162 Above her flowers Dourakova bowed, smiled, and blinked back her tears. < as lemmas |
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