English Dictionary

blink

/blɪŋk/

noun

The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again. / (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

The blink of an eye is a very short period of time.

意味（1）

The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

意味（2）

(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

意味（3）

(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.

意味（4）

A glimpse or glance.

This is the first blink that ever I had of him.

意味（5）

(UK, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle

Not a blink of light was there.

意味（6）

(nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink

意味（7）

(sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.

意味（8）

(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances