candle flickers
collocation烛光摇曳
The candle flickered in the wind.
蜡烛在风中摇曳。
闪烁；忽明忽暗
flickered — past of flicker
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闪烁；忽明忽暗
to burn or shine with an unsteady, wavering light
The candle flame flickered in the draft.
蜡烛火焰在风中闪烁。
忽明忽暗地燃烧或发光；闪烁不定。
To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
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.
飘动；振翅；拍打(翅膀)。
To flutter or flap.
flicker
Base
原形
flickers
3rd person
第三人称单数
flickering
-ing
现在分词
flickered
Past
过去式
flickered
Past participle
过去分词
The candle flickers in the wind.
蜡烛在风中闪烁。
The lights flickered during the storm.
暴风雨期间灯光闪烁。
The flame is flickering.
火焰在闪烁。
She watched the stars flicker in the night sky.
她看着星星在夜空中闪烁。
The lights started flickering during the storm.
暴风雨期间灯光开始闪烁。
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烛光摇曳
The candle flickered in the wind.
蜡烛在风中摇曳。
屏幕闪烁
My computer screen keeps flickering.
我的电脑屏幕一直闪烁。
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。
（表情）在脸上闪过
A smile flickered across her face.
一丝微笑在她脸上闪过。
翅膀扑动
The bird's wings flickered as it took off.
鸟儿起飞时扑动着翅膀。
闪烁几下后熄灭
The candle flickered out in the draft.
蜡烛在风中闪烁了几下就熄灭了。
（火光）忽明忽暗地熄灭；（希望或情感）逐渐消失，破灭
The candle flickered out, leaving the room in darkness.
烛光忽明忽暗地熄灭了，房间里一片漆黑。
（火或气氛等）开始活跃起来；重新闪现
After a long silence, the conversation flickered into life.
沉默了许久之后，谈话又重新活跃起来。
（表情或情绪）在脸上掠过，闪现
A smile flickered across her face when she heard the news.
听到这个消息时，她脸上掠过一丝微笑。
他不会压断最脆弱的芦苇，也不会吹灭忽明忽暗的烛火。
This famous verse from the Bible (Isaiah 42:3) uses the image of a flickering candle to describe mercy toward those who are weak or struggling.
这句出自《圣经·以赛亚书》42章3节的名言，用忽明忽暗的烛火来比喻对软弱或挣扎之人的怜悯。
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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。
作不及物动词时意为'闪烁'；作及物动词时意为'使摇曳'
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