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twinkle

['twɪŋkl] брит. / амер.

  1. сущ.

      1. мигание

      2. судорога, подёргивание, дрожание

    1. мерцание; сверкание, блеск

    2. мелькание

    3. огонёк, блеск в глазах

    4. мгновение, миг, момент

  2. гл.

    1. блестеть, сверкать

    2. мигать, подмигивать

    3. мелькать

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

twinkle

  1. мерцать, сверкать

  2. мигать, подмигивать (of the eyes)

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He looked down at the circle of vans and campers and the twinkle of the fire. A ghost of some old song came to him: She danced around the fire to a Gypsy melody/Sweet young woman in motion, how she enchanted me ...
Посмотрел на круг машин у костра и вдруг в голове возникли слова некогда популярной песни о том, как цыганка танцевала у костра, как она была прекрасна и очаровывала.
King, Stephen / ThinnerКинг, Стивен / Худеющий
Худеющий
Кинг, Стивен
© Richard Bachman, 1984
© Перевод. "Кэдмэн", 1998
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2008
Thinner
King, Stephen
© Richard Brachman, 1984
But she paid him no attention, running like the wind, her ancient body wobbling on her shaky legs that seemed to twinkle with her speed even as she wobbled.
Но она не обращала на него внимания, неслась, как ветер. Ее старое тело раскачивалось на дрожащих ногах, и это раскачивание, казалось, удваивало ее скорость.
Simak, Clifford D. / The Fellowship of the TalismanСаймак, Клиффорд Д. / Братство Талисмана
Братство Талисмана
Саймак, Клиффорд Д.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak
© Перевод. К. Королев, 2005
The Fellowship of the Talisman
Simak, Clifford D.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak
I saw the twinkle of steel within.
Там, впереди, блеснула сталь.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Adventures of Brigadier GerardКонан Дойль, Артур / Приключения бригадира Жерара
Приключения бригадира Жерара
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 2008 by Fireship Press
The Nilghai saw the twinkle in Dick's eye, and refrained from speech.
А Нильгаи уловил лукавую искорку в глазах Дика и потому ничего не сказал.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets
`Faith, nor me either!` said I; and I lowered my stick and considered the man, not without a twinkle of admiration.
— Клянусь честью, и я тоже! — сказал я, опустил дубинку и поглядел на него с некоторым даже восхищением.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / St. IvesСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Сент Ив
Сент Ив
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
St. Ives
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
I thought that if I only could hear a star twinkle or a blade of grass sharpen itself I could compose myself to rest.
Мне казалось, что, если бы я только услышал, как мерцает звездочка, и как заваривается травинка, я мог бы довести себя до сна.
O.Henry / Let Me Feel your PulseГенри, О. / Дайте пощупать ваш пульс!
Дайте пощупать ваш пульс!
Генри, О.
Let Me Feel your Pulse
O.Henry
They all looked, and a longish way off, it seemed, they saw a red twinkle in the dark; then another and another sprang out beside it.
Они остановились и стали всматриваться. И в самом деле: вдали мелькнул красный огонек, потом еще и еще.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel / HobbitТолкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл / Хоббит или туда и обратно
Хоббит или туда и обратно
Толкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл
© "Новосибирское книжное издательство", 1989
Hobbit
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel
© 1937 by George Allen & Unwin Lcd.
© 1966 by J.R R. Tolkien
© Renewed 1994 by Christopher R. Tolkien, John F. R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© Restored 1996 by the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien,
The lights twinkle in the booths under the pretty lime avenues.
В киосках на живописных липовых аллеях мигают фонари.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The NewcomesТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Ньюкомы
Ньюкомы
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Newcomes
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© 1898, by Harper & Brothers
Grey, or rather yellow light, was beginning to twinkle through the fogs of Whitefriars, when a low tap at the door of the unhappy miser announced to Lord Glenvarloch the summons of the boatman.
Сквозь густой туман, окутывавший Уайтфрайерс, начал пробиваться сероватый, или, скорее, серовато-желтый, свет, когда тихий стук в дверь дома несчастного ростовщика дал знать лорду Гленварлоху о приходе лодочника.
Scott, Walter / The Fortunes of NigelСкотт, Вальтер / Приключения Найджела
Приключения Найджела
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1964
The Fortunes of Nigel
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Lucas was a lot older than he looked; something in the hooded twinkle of his eyes and the almost-slack set of his mouth made that age visible.
Лукас казался гораздо старше своих лет — его старили потухшие глаза и безвольно опущенные уголки рта.
Saintcrow, Lilith / Working for the DevilСэйнткроу, Лилит / Контракт с дьяволом
Контракт с дьяволом
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© 2005 by Lilith Saintcrow
© Перевод, С. Теремязева, 2009
© Издание на руском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
Working for the Devil
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2005 by Lilith Saintcrow
"YOU know life, you know, sir," says Mr. Bucket with a complimentary twinkle of his eye and crook of his finger, "and you can confirm what I've mentioned to this lady.
Видите ли, сэр, вы знаете жизнь, – говорит мистер Баккет, одобрительно подмигивая и сгибая палец, – и можете подтвердить то, что я сказал этой леди.
Dickens, Charles / Bleak HouseДиккенс, Чарльз / Холодный дом
Холодный дом
Диккенс, Чарльз
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1960
Bleak House
Dickens, Charles
© 1894, by Macmillan & Co.
When this was over, Elmer stepped forward and said--you would never in the world have guessed he was joking unless you were near enough to catch the twinkle in his eyes--he said,
Потом выходил Элмер и говорил, причем догадаться, что он шутит, могли лишь те, кто сидел близко и видел, как лукаво блестят его глаза, - а говорил он что-нибудь в таком роде:
Lewis, Sinclair / Elmer GantryЛьюис, Синклер / Элмер Гентри
Элмер Гентри
Льюис, Синклер
© Издательство "Правда", 1965
Elmer Gantry
Lewis, Sinclair
© 2002 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
© 1927 by Harcourt, Inc.
© renewed 1955 by Michael Lewis
Suddenly Mat grinned, a twinkle in his eye.
- Мэт вдруг заухмылялся, в глазах загорелся огонек.
Jordan, Robert / The Eye of the WorldДжордан, Роберт / Око мира
Око мира
Джордан, Роберт
The Eye of the World
Jordan, Robert
© 1990 by Robert Jordan
As he imparted this melancholy circumstance to Wemmick, Mr. Jaggers standing magisterially before the fire and taking no share in the proceedings, Mike's eye happened to twinkle with a tear.
Когда он излагал это печальное происшествие Уэммику, в то время как мистер Джеггерс величественно стоял у камина, не снисходя до участия в их беседе, на глазах у Майка ненароком блеснула слеза.
Dickens, Charles / Great ExpectationsДиккенс, Чарльз / Большие надежды
Большие надежды
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1960
Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles
© 2010 Ignatius Press, San Francisco
"that's him," Chief said, a twinkle gleaming faintly from the depth of his slow solemnity. "
– Он самый, – подтвердил Вождь, и сквозь его важную невозмутимость проглянула лукавая смешинка.
Jones, James / From Here to EternityДжонс, Джеймс / Отныне и вовек
Отныне и вовек
Джонс, Джеймс
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
From Here to Eternity
Jones, James
© 1951 by James Jones
© renewed 1991 by Gloria Jones, James Anthony Phillipe Jones, and Kaylie Anne Jones

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'twɪŋklNounмигание

User translations

Noun

  1. 1.

    мерцание

    translation added by MAGISTRATUS INTERPRETIS
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Verb

  1. 1.

    мерцать

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The part of speech is not specified

  1. 1.

    Мерцание

    translation added by Алёна Ерёменко
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  2. 2.

    мерцать, мигать

    translation added by Tatiana Gerasimenko
    Gold en-ru
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  3. 3.

    1. Сущ. - искра, мерцание, блеск и т.п.

    2. Гл. - сиять, мерцать, мигать.

    Например: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star!"

    translation added by Liudmila Zharkova
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Collocations

twinkle of the stars
мерцание звёзд
in a twinkling
вмиг
twinkling movements
движения ресничек
twinkling movements
мерцательные движения
twinkling light
мерцающий огонь
in the twinkling of a bed-post
мигом
in a twinkling
в мгновение ока

Word forms

twinkle

verb
Basic forms
Pasttwinkled
Imperativetwinkle
Present Participle (Participle I)twinkling
Past Participle (Participle II)twinkled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I twinklewe twinkle
you twinkleyou twinkle
he/she/it twinklesthey twinkle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am twinklingwe are twinkling
you are twinklingyou are twinkling
he/she/it is twinklingthey are twinkling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have twinkledwe have twinkled
you have twinkledyou have twinkled
he/she/it has twinkledthey have twinkled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been twinklingwe have been twinkling
you have been twinklingyou have been twinkling
he/she/it has been twinklingthey have been twinkling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I twinkledwe twinkled
you twinkledyou twinkled
he/she/it twinkledthey twinkled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was twinklingwe were twinkling
you were twinklingyou were twinkling
he/she/it was twinklingthey were twinkling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had twinkledwe had twinkled
you had twinkledyou had twinkled
he/she/it had twinkledthey had twinkled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been twinklingwe had been twinkling
you had been twinklingyou had been twinkling
he/she/it had been twinklingthey had been twinkling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will twinklewe shall/will twinkle
you will twinkleyou will twinkle
he/she/it will twinklethey will twinkle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be twinklingwe shall/will be twinkling
you will be twinklingyou will be twinkling
he/she/it will be twinklingthey will be twinkling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have twinkledwe shall/will have twinkled
you will have twinkledyou will have twinkled
he/she/it will have twinkledthey will have twinkled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been twinklingwe shall/will have been twinkling
you will have been twinklingyou will have been twinkling
he/she/it will have been twinklingthey will have been twinkling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would twinklewe should/would twinkle
you would twinkleyou would twinkle
he/she/it would twinklethey would twinkle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be twinklingwe should/would be twinkling
you would be twinklingyou would be twinkling
he/she/it would be twinklingthey would be twinkling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have twinkledwe should/would have twinkled
you would have twinkledyou would have twinkled
he/she/it would have twinkledthey would have twinkled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been twinklingwe should/would have been twinkling
you would have been twinklingyou would have been twinkling
he/she/it would have been twinklingthey would have been twinkling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am twinkledwe are twinkled
you are twinkledyou are twinkled
he/she/it is twinkledthey are twinkled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being twinkledwe are being twinkled
you are being twinkledyou are being twinkled
he/she/it is being twinkledthey are being twinkled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been twinkledwe have been twinkled
you have been twinkledyou have been twinkled
he/she/it has been twinkledthey have been twinkled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was twinkledwe were twinkled
you were twinkledyou were twinkled
he/she/it was twinkledthey were twinkled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being twinkledwe were being twinkled
you were being twinkledyou were being twinkled
he/she/it was being twinkledthey were being twinkled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been twinkledwe had been twinkled
you had been twinkledyou had been twinkled
he/she/it had been twinkledthey had been twinkled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be twinkledwe shall/will be twinkled
you will be twinkledyou will be twinkled
he/she/it will be twinkledthey will be twinkled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been twinkledwe shall/will have been twinkled
you will have been twinkledyou will have been twinkled
he/she/it will have been twinkledthey will have been twinkled

twinkle

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetwinkletwinkles
Possessive casetwinkle'stwinkles'