winkle out

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny. UK,transitive
    — Tom managed to winkle the truth out of John eventually.
  2. To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position. transitive
    — […] was mopping up the remnants of German resistance and trying to winkle out individual enemy soldiers from their hiding places.

词形变化

winkles out present,singular,third-person winkling out participle,present winkled out participle,past winkled out past

词源

From winkle (“to extract”), from periwinkle (“a mollusk”).
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