Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #21158
flashback
倒叙；闪回
a scene in a film, book, or play that shows an earlier event, interrupting the main story's chronological order
- 1.
A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
一种戏剧手法,将较早的事件插入叙事正常的时序中。
- 2.
A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
对过去创伤的生动心理意象,或创伤正在当下发生的感觉,尤其是反复出现的那种。
- 3.
Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.
唤起旧记忆的事物；怀旧之物。
- 4.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
致幻药物效应的类似复发。
- 5.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
氧燃气焊接系统中火焰沿软管向下传播的状态。
- 6.
A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
针对更改之前早期时间数据进行操作的查询。
（往事或药物引起的）闪回；突然重现；一种戏剧手法,将较早的事件插入叙事正常的时序中。；对过去创伤的生动心理意象,或创伤正在当下发生的感觉,尤其是反复出现的那种。；唤起旧记忆的事物；怀旧之物。；致幻药物效应的类似复发。
In use
The old song gave me a sudden flashback to my first year at university.
She had a flashback of the day her family moved to this city.
This childhood photo triggers a flashback to hot summer afternoons in the garden.
a flashback to sth
用于文学、影视等叙事作品，指打乱时间线、回到过去的场景。
The film opens with a flashback to the protagonist's first meeting with his wife.
电影以主人公与妻子初次见面的闪回开场。
have a flashback (to sth)
多指对痛苦往事的不自主重现，也可指药物引起的往事闪回。
He had a flashback to the accident and felt his heart race.
他突然出现了对那场事故的闪回，感到心跳加速。
be told in flashback(s)
也可用单数形式：The story is told in flashback。
Connections
Collocations
- a flashback scene
- 倒叙场景；闪回镜头
- The director added a flashback scene to explain the character's motive.导演加了一个倒叙场景来解释这个角色的动机。
- have a flashback
- 出现闪回；突然忆起往事
- He had a flashback of his first day at school while walking past the building.走过那栋楼时，他突然忆起上学第一天的情景。
- trigger a flashback
- 引发闪回
- The smell of chlorine triggered a flashback to the swimming pool accident.氯气的气味引发了那次泳池事故的闪回。
- a flashback to
- 对……的闪回；让人想起……的过往
- That song is a flashback to my college days.那首歌让我想起了我的大学时光。
- drug-induced flashback
- 药物引起的闪回
- He suffered a drug-induced flashback years after taking the substance.他在服用该物质多年后出现了一次药物引起的闪回。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：flash 闪光 + back 回，记忆像闪光般瞬间跳回过去，电影中就是倒叙。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：film and literary analysis、psychology and everyday conversation 该词通常用于影视、文学中的倒叙手法，也可以指脑海中突然重现的往事或体验；在日常口语和较正式的表达中都比较常见，语气中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
drawback、feedback、playback、payback、back 都以 -back 结尾，读 /bæk/，与 flashback 中的 back 同音；flash 读 /flæʃ/，与 flashback 中的 flash 同音。注意 black 虽以 -ack 结尾，却读 /blæk/，bake 读 /beɪk/，都不是 /bæk/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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