2pictures 图片 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]AMSHOW/LET somebody SEE something to be shown quickly on television, on a computer, or on a film 〔在电视、计算机或电影中〕闪现
flash across/onto/past etc
Images of the war flashed across the screen.
电视屏幕上闪过战争的画面。
3flash through somebody’s mind/head/brainTHINK something/HAVE A THOUGHTif thoughts, images, memories etc flash through your mind, you suddenly think of them or remember them 闪过某人脑海
The possibility that Frank was lying flashed through my mind.
弗兰克可能在撒谎的想法闪过我的脑海。
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flash through somebody’s mind/head/brain• Each time I see one of these cocoonshanging from a tree, all of these marvelsflash through my mind.• Her body seemed determined to ignore the dangersignals now at last flashing through her brain.• The image of the guard in his elaboratefloweringprisonflashes through her head.• This was staggering new information, and all kinds of ideas were flashing through our minds.• The one occasion which was flashing through Yanto's mind at this moment involved just three of the local water babies.• The past twenty-two months flashed through my mind like film run at high speed, and suddenly I felt rather tired.• It flashed through my mind that I was close.• The only idea that flashed through my head was that some one had broken into the house and was attackingMaster Yehudi.
4flash a smile/glance/look etc (at somebody)SMILELOOK ATto smile or look at someone quickly and for a short time (对某人)一笑/一瞥/一看等
‘I love this city, ’ he said, flashing a big smile.
6news/information 新闻/信息 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]TCB to send news or information somewhere quickly by radio, computer, or satellite 〔通过无线电、计算机或卫星〕迅速播出,传送
flash something across/to something
Reporters at the scene flashed the news to their offices.
现场记者迅速将新闻发回本社。
7move quickly 迅速移动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to move very quickly 飞驰,掠过
flash by/past/through
A meteor flashed through the sky.
一颗流星划过天空。
8eyes 眼睛 [intransitiveI]BRIGHT literary if your eyes flash, they look very bright for a moment, especially because of a suddenemotion 〔尤指眼睛因突如其来的情感而〕闪耀,发亮
flash with
Janet’s blue eyes flashed with anger.
珍妮特的蓝眼睛闪现出怒火。
9.sex organs 性器官 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SYSCC if a man flashes, or if he flashes someone, he shows his sexualorgans in public 〔男子〕当众暴露(性器官),露(阴) → flasher
10.somebody’s life flashes before their eyesREMEMBERif someone’s life flashes before their eyes, they suddenly remember many events from their life because they are in great danger and might die 〔处于极度危险、可能死亡时〕某人的平生之事都闪现在自己眼前
11time passing quickly 飞逝的时间FINISH/COME TO AN END [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if a period of time or an event flashes by or flashes past, it seems to end very quickly 〔一段时间或某件事情〕一闪而过,飞逝
flash by/past
Our vacation seemed to just flash by.
我们的假期似乎一眨眼就过去了。
12flash something ↔ aroundphrasal verbphr vSHOW OFFto use or show something in a way that will make people notice you and think you have a lot of money 炫耀
He’s always flashing his money around.
他老是四处炫耀他有钱。
13flash backphrasal verbphr vto suddenly think about or show something that happened in the past, especially in a film, book etc 〔尤指电影、书等〕闪回,倒叙
to
From here the movie flashes back to Billy’s first meeting with Schultz.
flash back• She flashed back to her discussion with Ted Wilkinson, reliving every moment in her mind.• Suddenly something she had heard her daddyread out from a newspaperflashed back to her.• My mind flashed back to those nights in Marcus Small Ward.
14flash forwardphrasal verbphr vif a film, book etc flashesforward, it shows what happens in the future 〔电影、书等〕闪前,预叙
to
The movie then flashes forward to their daughter’s fifth birthday.
1light 光 [countableC]SHINE a bright light that shines for a short time and then stops shining 闪光
Two flashes mean danger.
两次闪光表示危险。
flash of
A flash of lightning lit up the night sky.
一道闪电照亮夜空。
brilliant/blinding flash
a brilliant flash of light
一道明亮的闪光
2camera 相机 [countableC, uncountableU]TCP a special bright light used when taking photographs indoors or when there is not much light 闪光灯
Did the flash go off?
闪光灯亮过没有?
3in/like a flash (also quick as a flash)FAST/QUICK very quickly 一会儿,马上
Just wait here. I’ll be back in a flash.
就在这里等着,我马上回来。
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in/like a flash• If he knew what I wanted he'd be out of the car and away in a flash of shock.• It's all done in a flash these days.• The computer can sort and edit a mailing listin a flash.• It was over in a flash.• The lesson seemed to passin a flash.• Two shots, they stop in a flash.• Shelby chooses the greenchair for her dad, then like a flash, she's off to the house.• We went by the towerlike a flash and landed on the red cross near the newly set-uphospitaltent.• He also had a nature that went violentin a flash.
4.flash of inspiration/brilliance/insight/anger etcIDEAFEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCif someone has a flash of brilliance, anger etc, they suddenly have a clever idea or a particular feeling 灵感/才华/洞察力/怒气等的闪现
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flash of inspiration/brilliance/insight/anger etc• One who'd probably mowed the nurses down in his student days, too, she thought with a flash of insight.• With a flash of insight, she imagined Guy's jilted fiancée had received a timelyescape.• There was no momentaryflash of inspiration; it was typical of Laura's talent to turn a disadvantage into an advantage.• He is some one who feeds off flashes of insight, like bolts of lightning from a clear blue sky.• Mario Bennett, another first-round pick last summer, also showed flashes of brilliance after returning from kneesurgery.• There were flashes of brilliance from Michael Hordern and Kelly Hunter but generally the acting lacked sparkle.
5a flash in the panSUCCEED IN DOING somethinga suddensuccess that ends quickly and is unlikely to happen again 昙花一现
Beene’s new novel proves he isn’t just a flash in the pan.
比恩的新小说证明他并不是个昙花一现的作家。
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a flash in the pan• I think people thought in the beginning I was going to be a flash in the pan, like Tiny Tim.• Beene's new novelproves that he isn't just a flash in the pan.
6bright colour/STH shiny 鲜艳的色彩/闪亮的物品 [countableC]SHINE if there is a flash of something brightly coloured or shiny, it appears suddenly for a short time 〔鲜艳或闪亮之物的〕闪现
flash of
The bird vanished in a flash of blue.
那只鸟蓝影一闪,不见了。
7computer 计算机 [uncountableU] trademark a system of instructions for a computer that is used especially to make pictures on a website appear to moveflash 技术,闪客技术
Flash animation
flash动画,闪客动画
8.look 看 [countableC]British EnglishBrELOOK AT a quick look – used humorously 一瞥〔幽默用法〕SYN glimpse
9.military 军队的 [countableC]British EnglishBrEPM a small piece of coloured cloth worn on the shoulder of a militaryuniform 〔军装上的〕肩章
flash• A police car sped through the intersection, lights flashing.• It's like she flashed a bright light in my eyes, and I have to look away.• Lightningflashed across the sky.• Muskets were swung as clubs, pistols were fired point-blank, and swordsflashed and clanged.• Lightning flashed and thunderrolled.• If it flashes heavily, turn it down.• Detective Mallory flashed his badge as he walked through the door.• Why did that guyflash his headlights at me?• Two police officers burst in, the latter hurriedly flashing his IDcard at her as they made their way upstairs.• He flashed his membership card as passed through the door.• When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches.• He remembers thinking in amazement that his name also was being flashed on screens in thousands of other movie theaters.• Returning workers flashed special identification cards issued by the union and walked in.
flash across/onto/past etc• A photograph of the Moon flashed on to the screen.• When Bowman asked Hal for the telescopicdisplay, a sparsely sprinkledstar field flashed on to the screen.• The image of his face flashed past and together with it all the days of early summer, Jubilee summer.• Her life had just flashed past her eyes and wasn't it dull?• But then the thirdgoldensphereflashed across her path and rolled far into the grass beside the course.• Certainly that, though, curiously, an image of Carla had also flashed across his mind.• News was flashing across that Ronald 0.• Then a blue Rover drew out and flashed past them at speed, two people waving.
flash by/past/through• Maybe it was the swirling water, or a bird that flashed by.• Riversflashed by, and mountains appeared on the horizon.• The image of his face flashed past and together with it all the days of early summer, Jubilee summer.• The image of the guard in his elaboratefloweringprisonflashes through her head.• But the days flash by in a blur.• The sunlight struck the silver-plated candlesticks on the sideboard and sent stilettos of light flashing through the room.• Using the speed gained in the dive, the whole gaggleflashed through the treetops at more than l l0 knots.• The one occasion which was flashing through Yanto's mind at this moment involved just three of the local water babies.
flash by/past• An ambulanceflashed past.• Our vacation seemed to just flash by.• Horrified, Gazzer saw a yellowhatflash by.• Maybe it was the swirling water, or a bird that flashed by.• Rivers flashed by, and mountains appeared on the horizon.• The image of his face flashed past and together with it all the days of early summer, Jubilee summer.• The furious lights would flash past and we would move into the middle again.• Her life had just flashed past her eyes and wasn't it dull?• But the days flash by in a blur.• Perhaps life was flashing by like a tape player speeded up.
flash3adjectiveadj
1.flash flood/fireFAST/QUICKa flood or fire that happens very quickly or suddenly, and continues for only a short time 突发的洪水/火灾
2British EnglishBrE informalEXPENSIVE looking very new, bright, and expensive – used to show disapproval 豪华的,阔气的〔含贬义〕
a big flash car
一辆阔气的大轿车
3British EnglishBrE informalSHOW OFFliking to have expensive clothes and possessions so that other people notice you – used to show disapproval 爱显摆的〔含贬义〕
Chris didn’t want to seem flash in front of his mates.
克里斯不想在同伴面前显得是在摆阔。
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flash• I think people thought in the beginning I was going to be a flash in the pan, like Tiny Tim.• When a flash of lightning lit up the sky to the south we decided we'd better go now!• a flash of lightning• There was a bright flash of light as the bombexploded.• As annoying as hot flashes may be, remember that menopause is a temporary condition.• If one of us goes through menopause, we all suffer a collective hot flash.• The mints must be hard and dry for the best results and some produce, as I have seen, impressiveflashes.• The muzzleflash that accompanied their arrival came from inside the house.• With a terribleflash that all but blinded the onlookers the islandvanished, around it the storm of magicalenergy.
brilliant/blinding flash• Over 20,000 residents are awakened by a brilliant flash of light and heat to find their city in flames.• We'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash.• Full awareness and memory returned in a blinding flash.• In a blinding flash, everything fell into place.• A blinding flash illuminated the darkness, and the terrible discharge of musketry resounded through the woods.• Then, when it is all over ... Out of the darkness there came a single brilliant flash.• The brilliant flash of wing colours in the Butterfly House are aloneworth a visit.• The water poured off the roofs in torrents, and thunderstormsrent the night skies with brilliant flashes of lightning.
Flashn trademark
n1.a type of cleaning substance for floors and other hard surfaces, sold in the UK as a liquid or powder
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flash• Flash fires swept through the Los Angeles foothills last night.
From Longman Business Dictionary
FlashFlash /flæʃ/ noun trademarkCOMPUTING
a computer program that is used to design moving images, especially on websites
Originflash1
(1200-1300) Originally (of liquid) “to strike a surface”; from the sound