blink

• vt.まばたきをする；まばたきをさせる
• vi. 瞬きする；閃く
• n. 瞬き；瞬間；閃光
• n. （瞬きする）人の名前；（ド）ブリンカー

PIE *bhel（輝く、閃く）から。まぶしさによるまばたきを指す。-k、固まった音。語源はblindと同じ。

blink (v.)

1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," which is of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found in Old English blican "to shine, glitter" (see bleach (v.)).

Middle English had blynke (c. 1300) in the sense "a brief gleam or spark," perhaps a variant of blench "to move suddenly or sharply; to raise one's eyelids" (c. 1200), perhaps from the rare Old English blencan "deceive." Related: Blinked; blinking. The last, as a euphemism for a stronger word, is attested by 1914.

blink (n.)

1590s, "a glance;" see blink (v.). As is the case with the verb, there is a similar word in Middle English, in use from c. 1300, that might represent a native form of the same root.

1. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.

彼の体に神経性痙攣が現れ、しきりに目を瞬き始めた。

2.It was all over in the blink of an eye.

あっという間に、すべてが終わった。

3.Ina blink of an eye he had disappeared.

あっという間に姿を消してしまった。

4.I can 't hear the news since my radio went on the blink .

私のラジオが壊れたので、ニュースが聞こえなくなりました。

5.The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.

灯台の光は数マイル先に見える。