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flicker
闪烁；忽明忽暗
核心释义
to burn or shine with an unsteady, wavering light
- 1.
忽明忽暗地燃烧或发光；闪烁不定。
To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
- 2.
不断明灭；短暂出现和消失；闪现；颤动。
To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
- 3.
飘动；振翅；拍打(翅膀)。
To flutter or flap.
闪现；时隐时现；闪动；飘动；扑动；振翅；忽明忽暗地燃烧或发光；闪烁不定。；不断明灭；短暂出现和消失；闪现；颤动。；飘动；振翅；拍打(翅膀)。
用法In use
The candle flame flickered in the draft.
用法提示：flickered是flicker的过去式，描述火焰不稳定的闪烁。
She watched the stars flicker in the night sky.
用法提示：flicker是动词原形，表示星星的闪烁动作。
The lights started flickering during the storm.
用法提示：flickering是现在分词，表示灯光持续闪烁的状态。
flicker on and off
多用于灯光、屏幕等，表示断断续续地明灭，常与 on and off 这类成对副词连用。
The light in the hallway flickered on and off all night.
走廊里的灯整夜忽明忽暗。
flicker across sth
表示表情、情绪等短暂出现又很快消失，后面的宾语多为 face、screen 等可被“掠过”的表面。
A smile flickered across her face and then vanished.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- candle flickers
- 烛光摇曳
- The candle flickered in the wind.蜡烛在风中摇曳。
- screen flickers
- 屏幕闪烁
- My computer screen keeps flickering.我的电脑屏幕一直闪烁。
- flicker on and off
- 忽明忽暗；时断时续地闪烁
- The light flickered on and off all evening.灯光整晚忽明忽暗。
- flicker across one's face
- （表情）在脸上闪过
- A smile flickered across her face.一丝微笑在她脸上闪过。
- wings flicker
- 翅膀扑动
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象烛火“flicker”忽明忽暗，火苗像小舌头一样“lick”一下又缩回，光就一闪一闪的。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：candle or lamp flame、screen or display、a brief expression in someone's eyes、bird's wings 这是一个中性的常用动词，多用于描述光线忽明忽暗、事物时隐时现或翅膀、眼皮等轻轻颤动；在口语和书面语中都比较常见，没有明显的正式或随意倾向。
语法说明Grammar Note
作不及物动词时意为'闪烁'；作及物动词时意为'使摇曳'
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with flicker /ˈflɪkə/ in this non-rhotic pronunciation: /ˈbɪkə, ˈklɪkə, ˈpɪkə, ˈsɪkə, ˈθɪkə, ˈvɪkə/. The -cker words share the spelling chunk icker; vicar is a rhyme with a different spelling (-ar). Lookalikes such as flick /flɪk/ and flock /flɒk/ sound different because they lack the final /ə/.
用法优先级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。
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