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flashlight

(flæʃlaɪt)
Word forms: plural flashlights
countable noun [oft by NOUN]
A flashlight is a small electric light which gets its power from batteries and which you can carry in your hand.
[mainly US]
Len studied it a moment in the beam of his flashlight.
The troopers, by flashlight, were searching the immediate area.
regional note: in BRIT, use torch

flashlight in British English

(ˈflæʃˌlaɪt)
noun
1. mainly US and Canadian
a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): torch
2.  photography
the brief bright light emitted by an electronic flash unit
Sometimes shortened to: flash
3. mainly US and Canadian
a light that flashes, used for signalling, in a lighthouse, etc

flashlight in American English

(ˈflæʃˌlaɪt)
noun
1.  US
a portable electric light, usually operated by batteries
2. 
a light that shines in flashes, used for signaling, as in lighthouses, airplane beacons, etc.
: in nautical usage, usually flashing light
3. 
a brief, dazzling light for taking photographs at night or indoors

Examples of 'flashlight' in a sentence
flashlight

He brought the flashlight closer, squinting at the wire.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
He snapped on the flashlight, terrified of what he might find.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
He only prayed Clyde wouldn't notice the flashlight beams in the other building.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz DO NO HARM (2002)

In other languages
flashlight

British English: flashlight /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/ NOUN
A flashlight is a small portable electric light which gets its power from batteries.
  • American English: flashlight
  • Arabic: مِصْباحٌ بَطَّارِيَّة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: lanterna
  • Chinese: 手电筒
  • Croatian: baterijska svjetiljka
  • Czech: baterka kapesní svítilna
  • Danish: lommelygte
  • Dutch: zaklantaarn
  • European Spanish: linterna
  • Finnish: salamavalo
  • French: torche
  • German: Blitzlicht
  • Greek: φακός
  • Italian: pila tascabile
  • Japanese: 懐中電灯
  • Korean: 플래시
  • Norwegian: lommelykt
  • Polish: latarka
  • European Portuguese: lanterna
  • Romanian: lanternă
  • Russian: фонарь
  • Latin American Spanish: linterna
  • Swedish: ficklampa
  • Thai: ไฟฉาย
  • Turkish: flaş fotoğraf makinesi vb
  • Ukrainian: ліхтарик
  • Vietnamese: đèn flash

Chinese translation of 'flashlight'

flashlight

(ˈflæʃlaɪt) (esp US)

n (c)

  1. 手电(電)筒 (shǒudiàntǒng) (个(個), gè)
    英 = torch

flash

(flæʃ)

vt

  1. [light] 使闪(閃)光 (shǐ shǎnguāng)
  2. (= send) [news, message] 传(傳)送 (chuánsòng)
  3. [look, smile] 闪(閃)过(過) (shǎnguò)

vi

  1. [lightning, light] 闪(閃)光 (shǎnguāng)
  2. (liter) [eyes] 闪(閃)烁(爍) (shǎnshuò)

n (c)

  1. [of light, lightning] 闪(閃)光 (shǎnguāng) (阵(陣), zhèn)
  2. (Phot) 闪(閃)光灯(燈) (shǎnguāngdēng) (个(個), gè)
  3. (US, inf) (also flashlight)
    1. 闪(閃)光信号(號)灯(燈) (shǎnguāng xìnhàodēng) (个(個), gè)
    英 = torch

adj

  1. (inf) [restaurant, car] 浮华(華)的 (fúhuá de)
    in a flash 一刹那间(間) (yīchànà jiān)
    quick as a flash 极(極)快 (jíkuài)
    a flash of inspiration/anger 突如其来(來)的灵(靈)感/怒气(氣) (tū rú qí lái de línggǎn/nùqì)
    to flash one's headlights 亮起车(車)头(頭)灯(燈) (liàngqǐ chētóudēng)
    the thought flashed through his mind 一个(個)想法在他脑(腦)子里(裡)突然闪(閃)现(現) (yī gè xiǎngfǎ zài tā nǎozi li tūrán shǎnxiàn)
    to flash by or past 一闪(閃)而过(過) (yī shǎn ér guò)
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