flick

ldoce_108_aflick1 /flɪk/ verb

1 [transitiveT usually + adverbadv/prepositionprep]THROW to make something move away by hitting or pushing it suddenly or quickly, especially with your thumb and finger 〔尤指用大拇指和另一手指〕弹，拂

Papa flicked the ash from his cigar.

爸爸弹去雪茄上的烟灰。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SHAKE to move with a sudden quick movement, or to make something move in this way 晃动，拍动；抖掉

flick from/up/down

The cow’s tail flicked from side to side.

母牛的尾巴左右甩动。

flick something up/down etc

Jackie flicked her long hair back.

杰姬将长发向后一甩。

3 [transitiveT]SWITCH ON OR OFF to move a switch so that a machine or piece of electrical equipment starts or stops 按〔开关〕 SYN flip

I felt inside the doorway and flicked the light switch.

我在门道里摸索，按下了电灯开关。

flick something on/off

Sandra flicked the TV on.

桑德拉打开了电视。

4 flick a glance/look at somebody/something British EnglishBrE to look very quickly at someone or something 瞥一眼某人/某物

Leith flicked a glance at her watch.

利思看了看手表。

Examples from the Corpus

flick a glance/look at somebody/something• She flicked a glance at her watch.• Baptiste flicked a look at Léonie.

5 [transitiveT]SHAKE if you flick something such as a towel or rope, you move it so that the end moves quickly away from you 用〔毛巾、绳等〕轻拂，轻快地甩打

The old man flicked his whip and the horses moved off.

老人鞭子一挥，马儿上路了。

6 flick through something phrasal verbphr v LOOK ATto look at a book, magazine, set of photographs etc quickly 快速翻阅，浏览〔书、杂志、照片等〕

Will flicked through Carla’s photo album.

威尔翻着卡拉的相册。

Examples from the Corpus

flick through • Go on, have a flick through.• I am curled up in the armchair, flicking through a book.• Only when he had returned to his own office did it occur to him to flick through his passport's pages.• Marie's left a load of mags behind, so I pick one up and have a flick through it.• During debates on gravel extraction he could be seen flicking through its pages.• Dougal flicked through the pages, dipping into the typed sections; the handwritten portions could wait.• He flicked through the pages of his appointments diary, which were as ever blank.• While I flick through to the centre pages, the businessman puts his hands in his pockets and waits.

Examples from the Corpus

flick• He paused and flicked a mosquito off his arm.• Then, he flicked a switch and stood well back.• He flicked away another cigarette as they made their way towards him to continue the drive still higher into the hills.• He must have watched his digital watch flick away each precious minute and second.• Chino calls to the man in khaki, who flicks his cigarette on to the lawn behind him, and approaches the car.• On the drive back to Goslar he flicked over the key he had taken from Bruno Morenz.• Jed's eyes flicked round the lounge.• The behaviour of worm-lions, which also flick sand at their prey, is essentially the same as that of the ant-lion.• Ricky, stop flicking that towel at me!• I walked to the front door, checked my watch, and flicked the porch light on and off three times.• Stop flicking water at me!

flick from/up/down• The door opened and the valance flicked up.• My hood flicks up, and pins itself against my face.• She allowed her gaze to flick up every time the hand passed the twelve.• Now he turned, his eyes flicking from place to place in Francis's apartment.• At the junction, I paused, eyes flicking from side to side, trying to spot Kevin's contact.• She then flicked down the lid and Adam locked it again with his key.• We went in, Connors flicking down the light switch.• She saw his glance flick down to her mouth, then abruptly he was turning away.

flick something on/off• As I drove away, I flicked on the radio.

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