Meaning:
flash flæʃn.
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
a momentary brightness
a short vivid experience
a sudden brilliant understanding
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
a gaudy outward display
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
v.
gleam or glow intermittently
appear briefly
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
make known or cause to appear with great speed
run or move very quickly or hastily
expose or show briefly
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
emit a brief burst of light
adj.
tastelessly showy
in like a flash Idiom, Proverb
a flash in the pan
a person who does superior work at first I'm looking for a steady worker, not a flash in the pan.
flash a smile
smile at someone for only a second Andy flashed a smile at me when the teacher asked to see his work.
flash in the pan
(See a flash in the pan)
in a flash
very quickly, in no time If you're in trouble, Superman will be there in a flash.
flash back
return or revert briefly to an earlier point in the story倒叙;闪回故事中的某一主要情节
The film suddenly flashed back to the hero's youth.电影突然闪回到了男主角的青年时代。
flash forward
move briefly to a later point in a story提前叙述故事情节
The film flashed forward to the death of the soldiers.电影提前表现了战士们的牺牲。
flash out
1.speak in a sudden outburst of passion情绪突然激动地说话
She flashed out at Martin:“Do you really believe that no one has any idea what's going to happen?”她突然激动地对马丁说:“你真相信没有人想到要发生什么事情吗?”
She couldn't help flashing out at such a rude remark.听了这种粗鲁无礼的话,她不禁勃然大怒。
2. appear like a sudden bright light突然发出闪光;闪亮
The lightning flashed out from the black clouds.乌云中电光闪闪。
The lights flashed out and night became day.灯光闪烁,黑夜变得亮如白昼。
3.appear or flash very quickly很快地出现或闪现
With a pocket calculator,the exact answer flashes out as soon as one presses four buttons.有了袖珍计算器,按下4个按钮,准确的答案就立即出现了。
quick as a flash
Idiom(s): (as) quick as a wink AND (as) quick as a flash
Theme: SPEED
very quickly.
• As quick as a wink, the thief took the lady's purse.
• III finish this work quick as a wink.
• The dog grabbed the meat as quick as a flash.
• The summer days went by quick as a flash.
flash card|card|flash
n. A card with numbers or words on it that is used in teaching, a class. The teacher used flash cards to drill the class in addition.
flash in the pan|flash|pan
n. phr., slang A person or thing that starts out well but does not continue. The new quarterback was a flash in the pan. Mary got 100 on the first test in arithmetic but it was just a flash in the pan because she failed in arithmetic.
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