Flash

[flæʃ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.

(noun.) a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification; 'red flashes adorned the airplane'; 'a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to'.

(noun.) a momentary brightness.

(noun.) a sudden brilliant understanding; 'he had a flash of intuition'.

(noun.) a short vivid experience; 'a flash of emotion swept over him'; 'the flashings of pain were a warning'.

(noun.) a sudden intense burst of radiant energy.

(verb.) appear briefly; 'The headlines flashed on the screen'.

(verb.) emit a brief burst of light; 'A shooting star flashed and was gone'.

(verb.) make known or cause to appear with great speed; 'The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts'.

(verb.) protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; 'flash the roof'.

(verb.) expose or show briefly; 'he flashed a $100 bill'.

(verb.) gleam or glow intermittently; 'The lights were flashing'.

整理:桑娅--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

(v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

(v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

(v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

(v. t.) To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.

(v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).

(n.) To trick up in a showy manner.

(n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

(n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.

(n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.

(n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

(n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.

(a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.

(a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.

(n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

(n.) A pool.

(n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Momentary blaze, sudden burst of light.[2]. Slang (of thieves and gypsies), cant language.

v. n. [1]. Emit a sudden light.[2]. Break forth suddenly.

阿黛尔編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a momentary gleam of light: a sudden burst as of merriment: a short transient state.—v.i. to break forth as a sudden light: to break out into intellectual brilliancy: to burst out into violence.—v.t. to cause to flash: to expand as blown glass into a disc: to send by some startling or sudden means.—n. Flash′-house a brothel.—adv. Flash′ily.—ns. Flash′iness; Flash′ing the act of blazing: a sudden burst as of water; Flash′-point the temperature at which an inflammable liquid takes fire—in the case of petroleum &c. ascertained by placing oil in a vessel called a tester (used open and closed) and heating it up to a point at which sufficient vapour is generated as to give off a small flash when a light is applied to it.—adj. Flash′y dazzling for a moment: showy but empty: (Milt.) vapid: gay—also Flash vulgarly showy gay but tawdry: pertaining to thieves vagabonds &c. as the 'flash language'=thieves' cant or slang: 'flash notes'=counterfeit notes.—Flash in the pan (see Pan).

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