2HAPPYif someone’s eyes twinkle, they have a happyexpression 〔眼睛〕闪闪发光
twinkle with
Her eyes twinkled with amusement.
她的双眼闪耀着愉悦的光芒。
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twinkle• The lights of the towntwinkledbeyond the desert.• Votivecandlestwinkle in every room.• Over her shoulder, the stars twinkled in the blacksky.• From it one could see lights twinkling in the little town below, and fishing-boats with lights at sea.• Below them the lights of the town twinkled unconcernedly on.• He grinned, his eyes twinkling wetly.• The castle-like stretch to interior sky twinkling with crystal lights.• His smilebroadened and his eyes twinkled with whimsy.
twinkle with• "I'd love to meet him, " Christine said, her eyes twinkling withdelight.
twinkle2 noun [countableC usually singular]
1a twinkle in your eyeHAPPYan expression in your eyes that shows you are happy or amused 〔眼睛的〕闪烁;欣喜的神情
a kindly, white-haired old gentleman with a twinkle in his eye
一位慈祥可亲、目光炯炯有神的白发老先生
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a twinkle in your eye• And Beth walked between them, a smile in her heart, and a twinkle in her eyes.• She had a pleasantdisposition and always had a twinkle in her eyes.• The ghost of a twinkle in her eye?• But she saw a twinkle in his eyes, and her lipstwitched.• There was a twinkle in his eye as he said dryly that the procedures needed to be looked into.• Jake walked into the room with a twinkle in his eye.
2.SHINEa small bright shining light that becomes brighter and then fainter 闪烁的光
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twinkle• I do not have any twinkle in my eyes.• His leonineaspect and the mischievoustwinkle in his eye made his appearance as arresting as his personality.• There was no twinkle in her eyes and no coy smile on her lips.• It was around this time that the twinkle in the planner's eye was transformed into a 20-storey tower-block.