a flick of sth
常与 wrist、hand、finger 等词搭配，表示轻快利落的一挥或一弹。
With a flick of her wrist, she sent the paper across the table.
她手腕轻轻一挥，把那张纸甩过了桌面。
轻触；点按（触摸屏）；弹击；大力低手截击；甩剑刺；剑尖弹击；flick（时间单位）；厚木板；腌猪肋肉
短促而快速的动作,尤其是刷、扫或翻动。
A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
用刀尖击中的切割动作,通常涉及刀身的鞭打以击中隐藏目标。
A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
强力的下手截击
A powerful underarm volley shot.
在触屏设备上按压某处的动作
The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
木板
A flitch.
时间单位,等于1/705,600,000秒
A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second.
He gave the fly a quick flick with his finger.
他用手指快速弹了一下那只苍蝇。
用法提示：名词，表示轻弹的动作。
The cat's tail gave a slight flick as it watched the bird.
猫的尾巴轻轻一甩，它正看着那只鸟。
用法提示：名词，表示轻甩的动作。
She adjusted the volume with a flick of the knob.
她轻轻一拧旋钮来调节音量。
用法提示：名词，表示轻拧的动作。
常与 wrist、hand、finger 等词搭配，表示轻快利落的一挥或一弹。
With a flick of her wrist, she sent the paper across the table.
她手腕轻轻一挥，把那张纸甩过了桌面。
口语中常用，表示快速拨动、弹一下某个东西。
Give the switch a flick and the light comes on.
把开关轻轻一拨，灯就亮了。
表示快速地翻阅，多用于杂志、报告、文件等。
She had a quick flick through the report before the meeting.
开会前她快速翻了一遍那份报告。
grammar · medium
易错句子He gave me flick on the forehead.
正确表达He gave me a flick on the forehead.
flick 作名词表示“轻弹”时是可数名词，单数前必须加不定冠词 a；汉语名词前没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子He gave me a flick in the forehead.
正确表达He gave me a flick on the forehead.
表示轻弹、触碰身体表面部位时用介词 on；in the forehead 指额头内部，不符合本句“轻弹额头”的意思。
grammar · medium
易错句子He gave me two flick on the forehead.
正确表达He gave me two flicks on the forehead.
flick 是可数名词，前面有基数词 two 时要用复数形式 flicks；汉语名词没有复数变化，容易漏掉 -s。
针对flick作为名词'轻打'的语境
手腕一抖
He opened the bottle with a flick of the wrist.
他手腕一抖打开了瓶子。
轻轻一按开关
The lights went out with a flick of a switch.
开关一按，灯就灭了。
轻弹一下
She gave the dust a flick with her finger.
她用指头轻弹了一下灰尘。
猛地一甩
He sent the ball spinning with a flick of his finger.
他用手指一甩，让球旋转起来。
常与flick搭配，如flick a switch（轻拨开关）
flick a lighter（轻弹打火机点火）
flick a coin（轻弹硬币）
flick with finger（用手指轻弹）
flick dust off（轻拂灰尘）
手腕一甩
He opened the bottle with a flick of the wrist.
他手腕一甩就打开了瓶子。
轻按开关
The room lit up at the flick of a switch.
房间随着开关的一响就亮了。
电影院
We're going to the flicks tonight.
我们今晚要去看电影。
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