| 单词 | flicker |
| 释义 | flicker (flɪkəʳ ) Word forms: flickers , flickering , flickered 1. verb If a light or flame flickers, it shines unsteadily. Fluorescent lights flickered, and then the room was brilliantly, blindingly bright. [VERB] A television flickered in the corner. [VERB] Flicker is also a noun. Looking through the cabin window I saw the flicker of flames. 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you experience a flicker of emotion, you feel that emotion only for a very short time, and not very strongly. He felt a flicker of regret. [+ of] He looked at me, a flicker of amusement in his cold eyes. [+ of] Synonyms: trace, drop, breath, spark 3. verb If an expression flickers across your face, it appears very briefly. [written] A smile flickered across Vincent's grey features. [V across/over n] ...a shadow of disquiet flickering over his face. [V across/over n] 4. verb If someone's eyes flicker towards something, they look at it quickly. [written] Dirk's eyes flickered towards the pistol. [VERB preposition/adverb] His dark eyes flickered over her face. [VERB preposition/adverb] 5. verb If something flickers, it makes very slight, quick movements. In a moment her eyelids flickered, then opened. [VERB] A few moments later Mrs Tenney's eyelids flickered open. [VERB adjective] Collocations: flicker of hope Last month, their efforts produced a flicker of hope. Times, Sunday Times But their flicker of hope faded as the day went on. The Sun Now, after the briefest flicker of hope brought on by the allied invasion, they may be heading back there again. Times, Sunday Times However, there was a flicker of hope. Times, Sunday Times There has been the odd flicker of hope for the 21-year-old. Times, Sunday Times Most of the time, they gave me beans without a flicker of recognition. Christianity Today There may even have been a flicker of recognition. Times, Sunday Times But you might feel a flicker of recognition, especially if you happen to watch a lot of movies. Times, Sunday Times There was a flicker of recognition between them; it was not the first time they had met. Times, Sunday Times She causes not one flicker of recognition in the bar. Times, Sunday Times Maybe that record low 1% interest rate and the chance of a bargain offer just a hint of flickering light amid the gloom. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It's pitch dark, but in the flickering light of lanterns we can see a mass of people milling around a fenced off small clearing. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Even in the flickering light of the link it was clear that the liquid which spilled from the spout was red. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002) His belief in a higher power has nudged him from deepest darkness to flickering light. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In Treasures from the Archives you can blow the dust off restored and remastered golden oldies that rarely see the flickering light of day. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The glare of a strip light flickers inside a sparse, clinical playroom. Times, Sunday Times Saints have their selfish moments, and even in the darkest of souls a light flickers now and then. Christianity Today Light flickers and plays across these bejewelled miniatures bringing their vignettes to sparkling new life. Times, Sunday Times Every so often a light flickers, or a door slams. Times, Sunday Times Like a matchstick that goes out, whose light flickers and disappears forever, so do we. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 闪烁不定 Japanese: ちらちらする |
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