flicker
英 ['flɪkə] 美 ['flɪkɚ]
- vi. 闪烁；摇曳；颤动；扑动翅膀；假装昏倒
- vt. 使闪烁；使摇曳
- n. 闪烁；闪光；电影
- n. (Flicker)人名；(英)弗利克
词态变化
复数: flickers;第三人称单数: flickers;过去式: flickered;过去分词: flickered;现在分词: flickering;
助记提示
1. flickr.com 闪烁的画面、闪烁的屏幕，形容 Screens. Images. Candles. Etc.
2. 屏幕成像、屏幕实时显示图像的原理就在于不断闪烁。
3. flick-拍打、振翅 => fl- => fly, flight, flop, flip, flick, flicker <== blow.
4. 谐音“拂你看儿”。
2. 屏幕成像、屏幕实时显示图像的原理就在于不断闪烁。
3. flick-拍打、振翅 => fl- => fly, flight, flop, flip, flick, flicker <== blow.
4. 谐音“拂你看儿”。
中文词源
flicker 闪烁
来自flick，轻弹。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He felt a flicker of regret.
- 他突然感到一丝悔意。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The civil servant's expression, however, did not change, not so much as by a flicker.
- *那位公务员的表情还是那样，丝毫没变。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句