| 单词 | to winkle out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto winkle out trans. to winkle out: to extract or eject (as a winkle from its shell with a pin); to draw forth, find out or elicit. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > as by sifting, teasing, etc. tozec1450 to pick out1523 to bolt out1545 sift1592 pumpa1637 incern1656 probe1699 mole1856 to winkle out1942 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > sinuously or subtly sap1733 winkle1942 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > by force, effort, or contrivance to draw outOE outdrawlOE drawc1300 win out1362 out-wina1425 windc1535 extract1628 exact1647 exforcipatea1834 to winkle out1942 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 306 Winkle, to, to capture individual prisoners by stealth... Also,..to steal.] 1942 ‘M. Home’ House of Shade ii. 20 What's winkled you out at this goddam hour? 1943 People 31 Oct. 1/7 Methodically winkling the Germans out of their strongpoints. 1951 ‘M. Innes’ Operation Pax v. vi. 220 Until we winkle out this young man..you and I make not a bad team. 1958 J. Press Chequer'd Shade 4 It is illegitimate to compare the far-fetched conjectures of Eliot's commentators with the inside information which we might have winkled out of Donne. 1966 Listener 20 Jan. 111/3 It's the cunning of the interviewer that counts most of all, and certainly Mr. Muggeridge manages to winkle out some interesting bits and pieces. 1970 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 17 May 14/1 He could winkle out sin where no other man dreamed it existed. 1976 A. Eden Another World vii. 79 Hart's skills were in a sense wasted upon us, and he was at length winkled out to the advantage of a base hospital. < as lemmas |
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