| 单词 | flash in the pan |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflash in the pan a. A sudden outburst or issuing forth of flame or light; a sudden, quick, transitory blaze. flash in the pan (see quot. 1810); figurative an abortive effort or outburst; cf. flash v.1 5c. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > flash leamOE flash1566 lambency1817 burst1854 flip1881 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > of guns or shells flash in the pan1566 bark1871 phut1874 prut1898 pip-pop1902 bom1906 crump1914 crumping1919 poop1919 cough1928 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > flame or blaze > sudden burst of bouffe1477 flash1566 gust1674 volcano1699 spirt1851 flare-up1859 flare1888 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failed attempt stumblea1635 flash in the pan1705 false start1815 flat move1819 boss-shot1890 crash-and-burn1985 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xli. f. 119 Astonned like one that had been stroken, with a flashe of lightenyng. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. 306 It fired with a sudden flash. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 144 Three flashes of blue Light'ning. View more context for this quotation 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvii. 318 Missing his shot by a flash in the Pan. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 148 Our Men..saw plainly the Three Flashes of the Guns. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. x. 142 I was not remiss in composing a fine compliment..with which I meant to launch out on her part; but it was just so much flash in the pan. 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Flash in the pan, an explosion of gunpowder without any communication beyond the touch-hole. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xx. 272 I now discharged grape alone, waiting for the flash of the fire to ascertain their direction. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 60 It is a Fixed White Light, varied by a Red Flash every half minute. to flash in the pan c. to flash in the pan: literal said of a gun, when the priming powder is kindled without igniting the charge; figurative to fail after a showy effort, to fail to ‘go off’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > fail to fire to flash in the pan1687 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 20 If Cannons were so well bred in his Metaphor as only to flash in the Pan, I dare lay an even wager that Mr. Dryden durst venture to Sea. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 243 It will occasion it oft-times to flash in the Pan a great while before it goeth off. 1792 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 377 Their majesties flashed in the pan yesterday. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ix. 244 Flashing in the pan scares ducks. 1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xiii. 237 Cannon attempted a joke which flashed in the pan. < as lemmas |
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