flashlight
英 ['flæʃlaɪt]
美 ['flæʃlaɪt]
英文詞源
- flashlight (n.)
- also flash-light, 1886, "on-and-off signal light in a light-house, etc.," from flash (v.) + light (n.). As the word for a photographer's light-emitting preparation, 1892 (flash-lamp in this sense is by 1890). From 1905 as as a handheld, pocket-sized electric illumination device, the American English word for what the British might call an electric torch.
雙語例句
- 1. He took his flashlight from his jacket pocket and switched it on.
- 他從夾克口袋裏拿出手電筒，打開開關。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The troopers, by flashlight, were searching the immediate area.
- 州警們正拿著手電筒在附近地區搜查。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.
- 當手電筒的光照到她身上時她僵住了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The man walked slowly towards her, shining the flashlight.
- 那名男子打著手電筒，慢慢地朝她走過去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Sam was flicking a flashlight on and off.
- 薩姆啪啪不停地把手電筒開了又關。
來自柯林斯例句