閃爍,閃光[C]
There was a flash of lightning a moment ago.
剛才有一道閃電。
n.
閃光,閃現,一瞬間
vi.
亮光閃現,反射, 使迅速傳便
vt.
使閃光,反射
adj.
閃光的,火速的
基本詞義:
Flash 由macromedia公司推出的互動式
矢量圖和 Web 動畫的標準。網頁設計者使用 Flash 創作出既漂亮又可改變尺寸的導航界面以及其他奇特的效果。
美國傳統詞典(雙解)
flash
AHD:[fl²sh]
D.J.[fl#.]
K.K.[fl#.]
v.(動詞)
flashed,flash.ing, flash.e
v.intr.(不及物動詞)
To burst forth into or as if into flame.
突然燃燒:突然迸發或象突然迸發似地發出火焰
To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.
突然發光:迅速或間歇地熄滅或點燃燈火
To appear or occur suddenly:
閃現:突然顯現或出現:
The image flashed onto the screen.
形象閃現在螢光屏上
To move or proceed
rapidly:
飛馳:迅速移動或行進:
The cars flashed by.
汽車飛馳而過
Slang To think of or remember something suddenly:
flashed on that time we got caught in the storm.
突然想起我們被困在暴風雨中的情景
Slang To expose oneself in an indecent manner.
【俚語】 表現不得體:以不得體的方式暴露自己
v.t r .(及物動詞)
To cause (light) to appear suddenly or in intermittent bursts.
突然出現:使(光)突然出現或間歇閃耀
To cause to burst into flame.
使發出火焰
To reflect (light).
反射(光)
To cause to reflect light from (a surface).
表面反光:使從(表面)反射光
To make known or signal by flashing lights.
以閃光做記號:通過閃光使人知道或發出信號
To communicate or display at great speed:
迅速傳遞:快速傳遞信息或炫耀:
flashed the news to the world capitals.
把訊息迅速傳遞到世界主要城市中
To exhibit briefly.
短時間展覽
To display ostentatiously; flaunt.
招搖:賣弄地炫耀;招搖
To fill suddenly with water.
灌水:使迅速充滿水
To cover with a thin protective layer.
覆蓋:以薄的保護層覆蓋
n.(名詞)
A sudden, brief, intense display of light.
閃光:突然的、短暫的、強烈的光的顯現
A sudden perception:
突然領悟:
a flash of insight.
突然的洞察
A split second; an instant:
即刻;一瞬間:
I'll be on my way in a flash.
我馬上就上路
A brief news dispatch or transmission.
簡短的新聞報導或播送
Slang Gaudy or ostentatious display:
【俚語】 招搖:庸俗華麗的或炫耀式的展覽:
“The antique flash and trash of an older southern California have given way to a sleeker age of cultural hip”(Newsweek)
“舊南加州往日的炫麗與糟粕,早已被文化嬉皮的時髦時代取代”(新聞周刊)
A flashlight.
閃電
Instantaneous illumination for photography:
閃光:攝影時瞬間的照亮:
photograph by flash.
閃光攝影
A device, such as a flashbulb, flashgun, or flash lamp, used to produce such illumination.
閃光燈:一種用來產生此種照明的裝置,如閃光電燈、閃光槍或閃光燈
Slang The pleasurable sensation that accompanies the use of a drug; a rush.
【俚語】 幻覺:使用麻醉毒品而產生的一種愉悅的感覺;激情
Obsolete The language or cant of thieves, tramps, or underworld figures.
【廢語】 盜賊的黑話:小偷、流浪漢或黑社會的人使用的語言或黑話
adj.(形容詞)
Happening suddenly or very quickly:
突然的:突發的或迅速發生的:
flash freezing.
速凍
Slang Ostentatious; showy:
【俚語】 賣弄的;炫耀的:
a flash car.
浮華的轎車
Of or relating to figures of quarterly economic growth released by the government and subject to later revision.
經濟成長率的:屬於或有關政府發布的有待以後修改的季度經濟成長數字
Of or relating to photography using instantaneous illumination.
利用閃光燈的:屬於或有關使用瞬時照明攝影的
Of or relating to thieves, swindlers, and underworld figures.
與竊賊有關的:屬於或有關小偷、騙子和黑社會人物的
習慣用語
flash in the pan
One that promises great success but fails.
曇花一現:許諾會取得巨大成功但失敗了的人
語源
Middle English flashen [to splash]
中古英語 flashen [潑,濺]
variant of flasken
flasken的變體
[of imitative origin]
[源於擬聲詞]
參考辭彙
flash,gleam,glance,glint,sparkle,glitter,glisten,shimmer,glimmer,twinkle,scintillate
These verbs mean to send forth light.
這些動詞都指發光。
Flash refers to a sudden and brilliant but short-lived outburst of light:
Flash 指的是突然的、明亮的但短暫的發光:
A bolt of lightning flashed across the horizon.
一道閃電划過地平線。
Gleam implies transient or constant light that often appears against a dark background:
Gleam 暗指在黑色的背景上不斷出現的短暫亮光:
“The light gleams an instant, then it's night once more” (Samuel Beckett).
“光亮閃了一會兒,然後馬上又變成了黑夜” (塞繆爾·貝克特)。
Glance refers most often to light reflected obliquely:
Glance 最常用於指間接反射的光:
Moonlight glanced off the windows of the darkened building.
月光照在黑暗的建築物的窗戶上。
Glint applies to briefly gleaming or flashing light:
Glint 用以指短暫的發光或閃亮:
Rays of sun glinted among the autumn leaves.
太陽光穿過秋葉照射下來。
Sparkle suggests a rapid succession of little flashes of high brilliance (
Sparkle 指一系列迅速閃動的高亮度小閃光(
crystal that sparkled in the candlelight;
在燭光下閃爍的水晶;
frost sparkling on the pavement), andglitter, a similar succession of even greater intensity (
路面上閃耀的霜), 而glitter 是具有更高亮度的相似的一系列光點(
glittering mirrors). Toglisten is to shine with a sparkling luster:
閃亮的鏡子), glister 是發亮並伴隨有閃閃的光澤:
The snow glistened in the dawn light.
雪在黎明的曙光中閃耀。
Shimmer means to shine with a soft, tremulous light:
Shimmer 意思是以柔和的、顫動的光照射:
“Everything about her shimmered and glimmered softly, as if her dress had been woven out of candle-beams” (Edith Wharton).
“她四周的所有物體都發出柔和的光,仿佛她的衣服是由燭光織成的” (埃迪斯·瓦頓)。
Glimmer refers to faint, fleeting light:
Glimmer 指的是微弱的、迅速消失的光:
“On the French coast, the light/Gleams, and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,/ Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay” (Matthew Arnold). Totwinkle is to shine with quick, intermittent flashes or gleams:
“在法國海灘上,光微弱地閃動著,然後消失了;英國的山崖聳立在寧靜的海灣邊,微微閃光,巨大無比” (馬修·阿諾爾德)。Twinkle 就是迅速地、間歇地發光或閃亮:
“a few stars, twinkling faintly in the deep blue of the night sky” (Hugh Walpole).
“幾顆星星在深藍色的夜空中微微閃爍著” (休·沃波爾)。
Scintillate is applied to what flashes as if emitting sparks in a continuous stream:
Scintillate 用來指如同源源不斷的河流上發出的光:
“ammonium chloride . . . depositing minute scintillating crystals on the windowpanes” (Primo Levi).See also Synonyms at blaze 1moment
“氯化銨…在窗玻璃上凝結成閃爍的晶體” (普里莫·列維)參見同義詞 blaze1moment.