| 释义 |
flick
I. \ˈflik\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English flik pelt
dialect England : fur especially of a rabbit or hare
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English flicke, from Old Norse flikki — more at flitch
1. dialect : flitch
2. dialect England : leaf fat
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: imitative
1.
a. : a light sharp stroke, movement, or blow often with something flexible
< just a flick or two with a light switch is enough to teach a puppy manners >
< test the glass with the flick of a finger >
b. : a quick and usually sudden movement (as of the wrist) made by angular or rotary flexion and used especially in stroking a ball or shuttlecock
2. : a light sound comparable to that produced by the flick of a whip
< the flick of cards on polished wood >
< the busy flick and chatter of typewriter keys >
3.
a. : a splash or splotch especially of mud or water
b. : flicker 1
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to strike lightly with a quick sharp motion
< flicked him in the face with his open hand >
< flicking the old horse from time to time with his whip >
b. : to remove with a light blow or a series of light blows
< flicked the dust from his boots with a handkerchief >
2.
a. : to move or cause to move with a jerk or a sharp light blow
< flicking the ashes from his cigar >
< flicked a fly from the horse's rump >
b. : to propel (as a ball) with a flick
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to flutter or flit
b. of an arrow in flight : to suddenly deviate from the line of flight
2. : to use flicks
< flicking away at his rival >
especially : to direct flicks at something
< he flicked at the spot with a napkin >
< flicking ineffectually at the mosquitoes >
V. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
archaic : cut
VI. noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for flicker (II)
: movie — usually used in plural
< take his girl to the flicks > |