flicker

英 ['flɪkə] 美 ['flɪkɚ]

解释

※ 提供单词"flicker"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

flicker 闪烁

来自flick，轻弹。

flicker (n.1): 1849, "wavering, unsteady light or flame;" 1857 as "a flickering," from flicker (v.).
flicker (v.): Old English flicorian "to flutter, flap quickly and lightly, move the wings," originally of birds. Onomatopoeic and suggestive of quick motion. Sense of "shine with a wavering light" is c. 1600, but not common till 19c. Related: Flickered; flickering.
flicker (n.2): type of North American woodpecker, 1808, American English, said to be echoic of bird's note, or from black spots on plumage of the underparts that seem to flicker as it flits from tree to tree.

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1. Looking through the cabin window I saw the flicker of flames.: 透过船舱的窗户我看到了闪烁的火光。

2. He looked at me, a flicker of amusement in his cold eyes.: 他看着我，冷酷的眼神里闪过一丝嘲笑。

4. The civil servant's expression, however, did not change, not so much as by a flicker.: 然而，那位公务员的表情还是那样，丝毫没变。

5. Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out.: 一旦有抵抗的苗头出现时，政府总是迅速地加以消灭。