flacker

[美国俚语] n. =press agent；广告, 宣传, 推销；宣传资料 vi. 推广, 作宣传, 担任新闻广告员(或广告宣传员), 作广告, 从事广告宣传；当报刊宣传员；充当(某人的)发言人

词形变化

flackered flackering flackers 三单 flackers flackering 现在分词 flackered 过去式 flackered 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To flutter like a bird.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To flicker; to quiver.

    不及物

词源

From Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), from Old English *flacorian, from Proto-West Germanic *flakurōn, from Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter”), related to Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”). Sometimes regarded as a frequentative, equivalent to flack + -er (frequentative suffix). Akin to Middle Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”). See also flack, flicker.

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