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Jimmy Hung
2021-06-24 07:06
Wink out
The second meaning of "wink out" is typically used in the passive form and often followed by "out of existence".
If a fire or a light "winks out", it was unexpectedly stopped from burning.
We were having a dinner together in a cozy atmosphere. Then, the candles winked out and left us sitting in the dark.
If something/someone is "winked out", it is abruptly brought to an end or he/she is suddenly killed.
The farmers felt so helpless because there was nothing they could do but simply watching their fields being winked out by flood.
The verb "wink" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.
