blinker

英 ['blɪŋkə] 美['blɪŋkɚ]
  • n. 瞥视者;闪光警戒灯

英英释义


1. a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
2. a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
3. blind consisting of a leather eye-patch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side

中文词源


blinker 马眼罩

来自blink, 眨眼。后指戴在马眼睛上的罩子。

双语例句


1. Synchronized blinker lights are set up in New York and San Francisco.
两盏同步的闪光灯分别设在纽约和旧金山.

来自辞典例句

英文词源


blinker (n.)
1630s, "one who blinks," agent noun from blink (v.). As a type of horse eye screen to keep the animal looking straight ahead, from 1789. Slang meaning "the eye" is from 1816. Meaning "intermittent flashing light" is from 1923.