English Dictionary

winkle out

動詞

イギリス英語 他動詞

(transitive, Britain) To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny. / (transitive) To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position.

日本語の意味

念入りに調べるなどして、苦労して見つけ出す、または獲得する / 根固まった状態から、困難を伴いながら何か（または誰か）を取り出す

After hours of poring over the records, the auditor finally managed to winkle out the missing receipts.

帳簿を何時間も精査した末、監査人はようやく不足していた領収書を苦労して見つけ出した。

意味（1）

(transitive, Britain) To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.

Tom managed to winkle the truth out of John eventually.

意味（2）

(transitive) To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position.

[…] was mopping up the remnants of German resistance and trying to winkle out individual enemy soldiers from their hiding places.

winkles out （ present singular third-person ）

winkling out （ participle present ）

winkled out （ participle past ）

winkled out （ past ）