Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense flickers, present participle flickering, past tense, past participle flickered
1VERB (灯光等)闪烁,摇曳 If a light or flame flickers, it shines unsteadily. (灯光等)闪烁,摇曳
Fluorescent lights flickered, and then the room was brilliantly, blindingly bright. [VERB]
荧光灯闪了几下,接着屋子里豁然大亮,刺得人睁不开眼。
A television flickered in the corner. [VERB]
电视机在角落里时明时暗地变换着画面。
Flicker is also a noun.
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。
2N-COUNT [usually singular](情感的)闪现,一闪而过 If you experience aflickerof emotion, you feel that emotion only for a very short time, and not very strongly. (情感的)闪现,一闪而过
He felt a flicker of regret. [+ of]
他突然感到一丝悔意。
He looked at me, a flicker of amusement in his cold eyes. [+ of]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FLICKER | FLICKER + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤faint, slight, small, tiny隱隱約約的/微弱的/很小的/一丁點兒的閃現◇She caught the faintest flicker of amusement on his face.她捕捉到他臉上一閃而過的笑意。➤brief瞬間的閃光➤sudden突然的一閃▸➤last (oftenfigurative) 最後一絲光亮◇The police stamped out the last flickers of freedom.警察把最後的一點兒自由全都扼殺了。➤candle燭光的搖曳VERB + FLICKER➤show閃現➤catch, notice, see捕捉到/注意到/看到閃光➤detect, feel覺察到/感覺到閃光◇She felt a brief flicker of jealousy.一瞬間她感到一絲妒意。FLICKER + VERB➤cross sth神色掠過⋯◇A flicker of guilt crossed his face.他臉上閃過一絲愧意。➤catch sb's eye動作引起注意◇A flicker of movement caught her eye.什麼東西一晃引起了她的注意。PREPOSITION➤flicker of一絲⋯◇'He'll soon be here,' she thought, with a flicker of excitement.她帶着一絲興奮想到:“他很快就會到這兒來。”◇She spoke without a flicker of fear.她說話毫無畏懼。PHRASES➤the flicker of a candle, the flicker of a flame燭光的/火焰的跳躍◇The brief flicker of a candle flame caught our eyes.我們看到燭火閃了一下。➤a flicker of sb's/the eyes某人眼皮顫動◇Her only reaction was a slight flicker of her eyes.她唯一的反應就是眼皮微微顫動了一下。➤a flicker of hope, a flicker of interest一絲希望/興趣◇Stock markets showed barely a flicker of interest in the election result.股市對選舉結果幾乎沒什麼回應。➤a flicker of light, a flicker of movement光閃過;動作閃過◇He saw a flicker of light in the darkness.他在黑暗中看到一絲光亮。➤a flicker of recognition有點兒認識◇The witness stared at the accused but she showed not a flicker of recognition.證人盯着被告,但她完全認不出來。➤a flicker of a smile一絲微笑◇I noticed a flicker of a smile on her face.我注意到她臉上流露出一絲微笑。flicker
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤briefly, for a moment, momentarily一瞬間閃爍;閃爍片刻➤slightly微微顫動▸➤nervously緊張地顫動◇Her eyes flickered nervously in anticipation.她緊張而期待地眨着眼睛。➤rapidly快速閃爍➤off, out閃爍着漸漸熄滅▸➤on and off若隱若現◇The lights flickered on and off.燈光若隱若現。PREPOSITION➤across, over快速地瞥過⋯◇His gaze flickered over her.他很快地看了她一眼。PHRASES➤flicker into life, flicker to life閃現圖像◇The television screen flickered into life.電視屏幕閃了一下,出現了圖像。➤flicker open忽閃着睜開◇Kate's eyes flickered open.凱特忽閃着睜開雙眼。