摘要：“forty”是40的意思，而“wink”是眨眼，那“forty winks”是什么意思呢？当我第一次在阅读词典的时候看见forty winks 我简直不相信自己的眼睛。
“forty”是40的意思，而“wink”是眨眼，那“forty winks”是什么意思呢？当我第一次在阅读词典的时候看见forty winks 我简直不相信自己的眼睛。
forty winks （白天的）打盹，小睡
I'll feel much better when I've had forty winks.
我打个盹就会感到好得多。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
He usually has forty winks going home on the train.
他在返家的火车上通常要小睡一会儿。
She lay down on the sofa for forty winks.
她在沙发上躺下，打个盹儿。
I'm going to go grab a quick forty winks before everyone starts arriving for the dinner party.
在大家都来参加晚宴之前，我要去小睡一会儿。
打盹小睡类似表达法：
nap （尤指日间的）打盹，小睡
An elderly person may nap during the day and then sleep only five hours a night.
老年人白天会小睡一会儿，然后晚上只睡5个小时。
Grandpa usually has/takes a nap after lunch.
爷爷通常在午饭后小睡片刻。
Use your lunch hour to have a nap in your chair.
利用午饭时间坐在椅子上打个盹吧。
I might take a little nap. 我可能会打个盹。
He likes to nap for an hour when he gets home from work.
他喜欢下班回家后小睡一个小时。
catnap 小睡，打盹
He required little sleep but was known to take catnaps.
他几乎不需要睡觉，但大家都知道他会打盹。
He likes ( to have) a doze after lunch.
他喜欢午饭后打个盹。
The swish of the tyres lulled him into a light doze.
车轮呼呼地转着，他不一会儿便打起瞌睡来。
He dozed off in the armchair.
他坐在扶手椅里打盹儿。
The cat dozed off by the fire.
那只猫在炉边打瞌睡。
He was nodding off to sleep in an armchair.
他坐在扶手椅上打盹，睡着了。
The judge appeared to nod off yesterday while a witness was being cross-examined.
昨天一名证人接受盘问时，法官好像在打盹。
Don't let yon dog nod off.
不要让那条狗打盹。
He was wont to fall asleep after supper.
他老是吃完晚饭就打盹。
Why don't you have a quick kip?
你为什么不小睡一会儿呢？
They have a siesta during the hottest part of the day.
他们会在一天中最炎热的时刻小睡一会儿。
Patients are given an extra 15 minutes to snooze before being woken gently.
在被轻轻叫醒之前，病人还有15分钟的小睡时间。
She had departed upstairs for a lie-down.
她去了楼上小睡一会儿。
All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit-down.
他只求一杯清茶、片刻小憩。
Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind.
就在我打瞌睡的时候，一个奇怪的念头闪过我的脑海。
与wink有关的俚语和表达：
wink at something （对坏事情）睁一只眼闭一只眼，装作没看见；视而不见
I know many of my colleagues tend to wink at minor infractions, but I do not share their nonchalant attitude.
我知道我的许多同事往往对轻微的违规行为睁一只眼闭一只眼，但我不像他们那样漠不关心。
Many of the teachers wink at the boy's secret smoking.
许多老师对男孩子偷着吸烟装作没看见。
Wink at sb对某人眨一只眼，眨眼示意（尤指使眼色或表示开玩笑）
Brian winked at his bride-to-be.
布赖恩向他的准新娘使了个眼色。
She winked broadly at him and silently mouthed something
她使劲冲他使眼色，不出声地对他说了些什么。
He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was.
他冲她眨了眨眼，她便知道他的想法和她一样。
He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom.
他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。
not sleep a wink ；not get a wink of sleep没合眼，一刻也没睡
I didn't sleep a wink last night with all that noise.
昨晚噪声那么大，我根本就没睡着。
I hardly slept a wink.
我几乎连个盹都没打。
Without exaggeration I can say that I hardly slept a wink.
可以毫不夸大地说，我几乎没有合过眼。
He didn't sleep a wink all night
他一夜没合眼。
I didn't get a wink of sleep on the aeroplane.
我在飞机上没合一下眼。
I didn't get a wink of sleep last night.
我昨天一夜都没合眼。
tip someone the wink 向…泄露秘密（或内幕消息）
Thanks for tipping me the wink about those cheap tickets, Bill.
比尔，谢谢你向我透露这些廉价票的消息。
a nod is as good as a wink 不用言明，心照不宣
Say no more. A nod's as good as a wink.
别再说了，心照不宣就行。
a nod and a wink 点拨一下
Everything could be done by a nod and a wink.
每件事只靠点拨一下就能办妥了。
nudge nudge, wink wink 卿卿我我
They've been spending a lot of time together, nudge nudge, wink wink.
他们长期厮混在一起，卿卿我我的。
tip sb a wink 使眼色
I've tipped you a wink or signalled to you on the sly many times, but before you took the hint others had already noticed.
我多次向你使眼色，又给你递暗号，别人都明白了，你却没有反应。
as easy as winking易如反掌
Anyone can do it; it's as easy as winking.
这谁都办得到，简直易如反掌。
来源：翅膀英语一点号