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]