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单词 unwinking
释义

Definition of unwinking in English:

unwinking

adjectiveʌnˈwɪŋkɪŋˌənˈwɪŋkɪŋ
  • (of a person's eyes or gaze, or a light) steady; unwavering.

    (目光)不眨眼的;(灯光)不闪烁的;不摇晃的

    the lights shone unwinking in the still air

    灯光在静止的空气中稳定而不闪烁。

    unwinking blue eyes

    不眨一眨的蓝眼睛。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When I stared down into it, it returned an unwinking reflection of my own eye.
    • He clenched his teeth and set an unwinking snake stare on the guest.
    • This illuminates the scene and pins humanity, as upon a dissecting table, under the unwinking light of an unshaded bulb.

Derivatives

  • unwinkingly

  • adverb
    • They were great gleaming disks that stared unwinkingly, luminous, whitish, and without a hint of normal emotion or sanity.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The loss, he explains unwinkingly, was outrageous: ‘It was merely because we were so shockingly superior that we were inevitably shockingly overconfident.’
      • Perched on an exposed bough overhanging the water, he gazes unwinkingly at the water below.
      • Greater than even this is his merit, if he at the same time pays attention to mindfulness, and remains unwinkingly vigilant.
      • One is to be performed with a black curtain across the proscenium arch with holes cut in it so that the actors can shout their lines unwinkingly at the audience.

Rhymes

freethinking, shrinking, sinking, unblinking, unthinking

Definition of unwinking in US English:

unwinking

adjectiveˌənˈwiNGkiNGˌənˈwɪŋkɪŋ
  • (of a stare or a shining light) steady; unwavering.

    (目光)不眨眼的;(灯光)不闪烁的;不摇晃的

    the lights shone unwinking in the still air

    灯光在静止的空气中稳定而不闪烁。

    unwinking blue eyes

    不眨一眨的蓝眼睛。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He clenched his teeth and set an unwinking snake stare on the guest.
    • This illuminates the scene and pins humanity, as upon a dissecting table, under the unwinking light of an unshaded bulb.
    • When I stared down into it, it returned an unwinking reflection of my own eye.
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