winkle out

vt. 挑出(探听到)

例句与用法:

I've dropped a coin between the floorboards; try to winkle it out of there.

我将一枚硬币掉到地板缝里去了,想想办法把它取出来。

I managed to winkle the news out of him.

我设法从他那探到那消息。

词形变化:

动词过去式: winkled | 动词过去分词: winkled | 动词现在分词: winkling | 动词第三人称单数: winkles |

详细释义:

好不容易才得到

At last I winkled the truth out of him.

我终于设法使他说出了实话。