| 单词 | flicker |
| 释义 | flick·er1 /ˈflɪkə $ -ər/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] 1 BURNSHINEto burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and off quickly 〔光〕闪烁，摇曳 The overhead lights flickered momentarily. 头顶灯闪了一会儿。► see thesaurus at shine2 [always + adverb/preposition]SHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDE if an emotion or expression flickers on someone’s face or through their mind, it exists or is shown for only a short time 〔感情或表情〕闪现flicker across/through/on etc A puzzled smile flickered across the woman’s face. 那女人脸上掠过一丝困惑的微笑。3 SHAKEto quickly make a sudden small movement or series of movements 抖动，颤动 Polly’s eyelids flickered, then she slept. 波莉眼皮颤了几下，然后就睡了。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusflicker• The candle flickered a few times and then went out.• The overhead lights suddenly flickered and went out.• Penny's eyelids flickered for a moment, then she slept.• She allowed her steady gaze to flicker from the glass which she had been holding firm.• The lights flickered; I wondered if we were about to lose our power.• By night, faery lights flicker in the darkness, drifting behind the Everqueen's courtiers and illuminating the revels and feasting.• A welcoming fire flickered in the grate.• Months at sea had rusted their connections so they flickered irritatingly.• Inside the shrine candles flicker next to statues of saints.• Suddenly, an hour after the opening bell, the computers at the New York Stock Exchange flicker off.• He told me the story, sitting in my room with the firelight flickering on the ceiling rafters.• His flat-tax fire, which burned hot for months, ultimately flickered out along with his popularity.• His eyes flickered over her shoulders.• The stream flickered slightly in the moonlight.flicker across/through/on etc• Its light flickered on and off for a moment, as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way.• The lights began to flicker on and off.• The lights flickered on before Graham could do more than put his arms round her.• Shadows were flickering across the blue glow inside the airlock.• Across the room, the glow from the fireplace flickered on the highly polished floor.• Pines, too, provide filtered shade as sunlight flickers through the needles.• Lights flicker on throughout the house at the touch of a single button.flicker2 noun [countable] 1 SHINEan unsteady light that goes on and off quickly 〔光的〕闪烁，摇曳flicker of the flicker of the firelight 火光的跳动2 a flicker of emotion/uncertainty/excitement etc SHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDEa feeling or expression that continues for a very short time 霎时的感情/犹豫/激动等 She saw a flicker of doubt in his eyes. 她看到他的眼里闪过一丝怀疑。3. SHAKEa quick sudden movement or series of movements 抖动，颤动Examples from the Corpusflicker• I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem.• Only once did he show a flicker of being a person.• Bruce Law walks through a desert hell, looking for saguaros that still show a flicker of life at McDowell Mountain Park.• Nothing could get out - or in, she registered with a flicker of hope.• The heretofore brilliant, often blinding light of classical culture was gradually reduced to a pitiful flicker.• Saying it helped to quell that flicker of excitement.Origin flicker1 Old English flicorianflick·er1 verbflicker2 nounChineseSyllable or an burn goes light that to shine with on unsteady Corpus |
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