flicker

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n. 闪烁, 闪光, 颤动 vi. 闪动, 闪烁, 摇动, 扑动翅膀 vt. 使摇曳, 使闪烁

发音

UK /ˈflɪkə/
其它
US /ˈflɪkɚ/

词形变化

flickers 复数 flickered flickereth flickering flickers 三单 flickers flickering 现在分词 flickered 过去式 flickered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

闪烁；摇曳；颤动；扑动翅膀；假装昏倒

动词

使闪烁；使摇曳

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    An unsteady flash of light.

    可数 不可数

    the flicker of the dying candle

    the flicker of an old movie

  2. 2.

    A short moment.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    a flicker of emotion

    a flicker of hope

    a flicker of recognition passed through my mind.

  3. 1.

    Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.

    美国
  4. 1.

    One who flicks.

  5. 2.

    Ellipsis of channel flicker (“remote control”).

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.

    闪烁

    摇曳

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.

    若隐若现

    忽隐忽现

    不及物

    A strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head.

    1967, Barry Mason (writer), Tom Jones (performer), Delilah I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window / I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind

  3. 3.

    To flutter or flap.

    及物/不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

spark flutter waver glint

上位词 8

move movement flash motion pecker woodpecker motility peckerwood

下位词 4

gilded flicker red-shafted flicker yellowhammer yellow-shafted flicker
动词

同义词 5

flick flutter quiver waver flitter

上位词 7

flash shine beam blink wink twinkle winkle

相关短语

flicker show flicker shows flicker fixer flicker fixers flicker wheel flicker wheels flicker noise [电] 闪光杂讯 flicker goon yellow-shafted flicker [鸟类]金翼啄木鸟 northern flicker flea flicker bean flicker Campo flicker gilded flicker [网络] 北美黑啄木 red-shafted flicker [网络] 红翼啄木鸟

词源

From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn. Akin to Saterland Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), West Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), Dutch flikkeren (“to flicker, flutter”), German Low German flickern (“to light up, flash, flicker”). Compare Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), German flackern (“to flicker, flutter”), Old English flēogan (“to fly”).

来源：wiktionary