flicker
英 ['flɪkə]
美 ['flɪkɚ]
- vi. 閃爍；搖曳；顫動；撲動翅膀；假裝昏倒
- vt. 使閃爍；使搖曳
- n. 閃爍；閃光；電影
- n. (Flicker)人名；(英)弗利克
助記提示
1. flickr.com 閃爍的畫麵、閃爍的屏幕，形容 Screens. Images. Candles. Etc.
2. 屏幕成像、屏幕實時顯示圖像的原理就在於不斷閃爍。
3. flick-拍打、振翅 => fl- => fly, flight, flop, flip, flick, flicker <== blow.
4. 諧音“拂你看兒”。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Looking through the cabin window I saw the flicker of flames.
- 透過船艙的窗戶我看到了閃爍的火光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He looked at me, a flicker of amusement in his cold eyes.
- 他看著我，冷酷的眼神裏閃過一絲嘲笑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He felt a flicker of regret.
- 他突然感到一絲悔意。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The civil servant's expression, however, did not change, not so much as by a flicker.
- 然而，那位公務員的表情還是那樣，絲毫沒變。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out.
- 一旦有抵抗的苗頭出現時，政府總是迅速地加以消滅。
來自柯林斯例句