| 单词 | to winkle one's way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto winkle one's way 2. intransitive. to winkle one's way, to proceed by picking one's steps cautiously; hence, to worm one's way or insinuate oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > effect forward movement in specific way > in other specific ways smell1608 to bore one's waya1705 slice1872 sing1890 nose1894 to bullock one's way1909 muscle1934 to winkle one's way1979 1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels i. 18 The conductor was returning, followed by Pennington, who winkled his way to the Steinway round the delphiniums. 1989 Amer. Speech 64 260 Is it true that new words winkle their way into English at a fixed rate of 3000 each lustrum? 1991 Washington Times 4 Jan. b2/4 It is a talk show in the sense that he accepts calls, but these are finely screened. Rush is wary of those who winkle their way past the screener by pretending to be a Ditto. < as lemmas |
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