flick

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n. 快速的轻打, 轻打声, 弹开 v. 轻弹, 轻轻拂去, 忽然摇动

发音

US /flɪk/

词形变化

flicks 复数 flicks flicked flickest flicking flicks 三单 flicking 现在分词 flicked 过去式 flicked 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

弹开;快速的轻打;轻打声

动词

轻弹;忽然摇动;轻轻拂去

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

    He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.

    She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.

  2. 2.

    A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

    非正式

    My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."

    Want to go to the flicks tonight?

  3. 3.

    A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

    政治 体育 军事
  4. 4.

    A powerful underarm volley shot.

    体育
  5. 5.

    The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.

  6. 6.

    A flitch.

    a flick of bacon

  7. 7.

    A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second

  8. 8.

    A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.

    过时 俚语
  9. 9.

    A photo.

    过时
v. C1
  1. 1.

    To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

    flick one's hair

    to flick the dirt from boots

  2. 2.

    To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.

    Near-synonym: flit

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词源

From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker. The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.

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