flash
v.（动词）
flashed,flash.ing,flash.es
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To burst forth into or as if into flame.
突然燃烧：突然迸发或象突然迸发似地发出火焰
To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.
突然发光：迅速或间歇地熄灭或点燃灯火
To appear or occur suddenly:
闪现：突然显现或出现：
例句：
The image flashed onto the screen.
形象闪现在荧光屏上
To move or proceed rapidly:
飞驰：迅速移动或行进：
例句：
The cars flashed by.
汽车飞驰而过
Slang To think of or remember something suddenly:
【俚语】 突然想起或记起某事：
例句：
flashed on that time we got caught in the storm.
突然想起我们被困在暴风雨中的情景
Slang To expose oneself in an indecent manner.
【俚语】 表现不得体：以不得体的方式暴露自己
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause (light) to appear suddenly or in intermittent bursts.
突然出现：使（光）突然出现或间歇闪耀
To cause to burst into flame.
使发出火焰
To reflect (light).
反射（光）
To cause to reflect light from (a surface).
表面反光：使从（表面）反射光
To make known or signal by flashing lights.
以闪光做记号：通过闪光使人知道或发出信号
To communicate or display at great speed:
迅速传递：快速传递信息或炫耀：
例句：
flashed the news to the world capitals.
把消息迅速传递到世界主要城市中
To exhibit briefly.
短时间展览
To display ostentatiously; flaunt.
招摇：卖弄地炫耀；招摇
To fill suddenly with water.
灌水：使迅速充满水
To cover with a thin protective layer.
覆盖：以薄的保护层覆盖
n.（名词）
A sudden, brief, intense display of light.
闪光：突然的、短暂的、强烈的光的显现
A sudden perception:
突然领悟：
例句：
a flash of insight.
突然的洞察
A split second; an instant:
即刻；一瞬间：
例句：
I`ll be on my way in a flash.
我马上就上路
A brief news dispatch or transmission.
简短的新闻报导或播送
Slang Gaudy or ostentatious display:
【俚语】 招摇：庸俗华丽的或炫耀式的展览：
例句：
.The antique flash and trash of an older southern California have given way to a sleeker age of cultural hip.(Newsweek)
.旧南加州往日的炫丽与糟粕，早已被文化嬉皮的时髦时代取代.(新闻周刊)
A flashlight.
闪电
Instantaneous illumination for photography:
闪光：摄影时瞬间的照亮：
例句：
photograph by flash.
闪光摄影
A device, such as a flashbulb, flashgun, or flash lamp, used to produce such illumination.
闪光灯：一种用来产生此种照明的装置，如闪光电灯、闪光枪或闪光灯
Slang The pleasurable sensation that accompanies the use of a drug; a rush.
【俚语】 幻觉：使用麻醉毒品而产生的一种愉悦的感觉；激情
Obsolete The language or cant of thieves, tramps, or underworld figures.
【废语】 盗贼的黑话：小偷、流浪汉或黑社会的人使用的语言或黑话
adj.（形容词）
Happening suddenly or very quickly:
突然的：突发的或迅速发生的：
例句：
flash freezing.
速冻
Slang Ostentatious; showy:
【俚语】 卖弄的；炫耀的：
例句：
a flash car.
浮华的轿车
Of or relating to figures of quarterly economic growth released by the government and subject to later revision.
经济增长率的：属于或有关政府发布的有待以后修改的季度经济增长数字
Of or relating to photography using instantaneous illumination.
利用闪光灯的：属于或有关使用瞬时照明摄影的
Of or relating to thieves, swindlers, and underworld figures.
与窃贼有关的：属于或有关小偷、骗子和黑社会人物的
<习惯用语>flash in the pan
One that promises great success but fails.
昙花一现：许诺会取得巨大成功但失败了的人
来源：
Middle English flashen [to splash]
中古英语 flashen [泼，溅]
variant of flasken
flasken的变体
[of imitative origin]
[源于拟声词]
<参考词汇><同义词>flash,gleam,glance,glint,sparkle,glitter,glisten,shimmer,glimmer,twinkle,scintillateThese verbs mean to send forth light.
这些动词都指发光。
Flash refers to a sudden and brilliant but short-lived outburst of light:
Flash 指的是突然的、明亮的但短暂的发光：
例句：
A bolt of lightning flashed across the horizon.
一道闪电划过地平线。
Gleam implies transient or constant light that often appears against a dark background:
Gleam 暗指在黑色的背景上不断出现的短暂亮光：
例句：
.The light gleams an instant, then it`s night once more. (Samuel Beckett).
.光亮闪了一会儿，然后马上又变成了黑夜. （塞缪尔·贝克特）。
Glance refers most often to light reflected obliquely:
Glance 最常用于指间接反射的光：
例句：
Moonlight glanced off the windows of the darkened building.
月光照在黑暗的建筑物的窗户上。
Glint applies to briefly gleaming or flashing light:
Glint 用以指短暂的发光或闪亮：
例句：
Rays of sun glinted among the autumn leaves.
太阳光穿过秋叶照射下来。
Sparkle suggests a rapid succession of little flashes of high brilliance (
Sparkle 指一系列迅速闪动的高亮度小闪光（
例句：
crystal that sparkled in the candlelight;
在烛光下闪烁的水晶；
例句：
frost sparkling on the pavement), andglitter, a similar succession of even greater intensity (
路面上闪耀的霜）， 而glitter 是具有更高亮度的相似的一系列光点（
例句：
glittering mirrors). Toglisten is to shine with a sparkling luster:
闪亮的镜子）， glister 是发亮并伴随有闪闪的光泽：
例句：
The snow glistened in the dawn light.
雪在黎明的曙光中闪耀。
Shimmer means to shine with a soft, tremulous light:
Shimmer 意思是以柔和的、颤动的光照射：
例句：
.Everything about her shimmered and glimmered softly, as if her dress had been woven out of candle-beams. (Edith Wharton).
.她四周的所有物体都发出柔和的光，仿佛她的衣服是由烛光织成的. （埃迪斯·瓦顿）。
Glimmer refers to faint, fleeting light:
Glimmer 指的是微弱的、迅速消失的光：
例句：
.On the French coast, the light/Gleams, and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,/ Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. (Matthew Arnold). Totwinkle is to shine with quick, intermittent flashes or gleams:
.在法国海滩上，光微弱地闪动着，然后消失了；英国的山崖耸立在宁静的海湾边，微微闪光，巨大无比. （马修·阿诺尔德）。Twinkle 就是迅速地、间歇地发光或闪亮：
例句：
.a few stars, twinkling faintly in the deep blue of the night sky. (Hugh Walpole).
.几颗星星在深蓝色的夜空中微微闪烁着. （休·沃波尔）。
Scintillate is applied to what flashes as if emitting sparks in a continuous stream:
Scintillate 用来指如同源源不断的河流上发出的光：
例句：
.ammonium chloride . . . depositing minute scintillating crystals on the windowpanes. (Primo Levi).See also Synonyms at blaze moment
.氯化铵…在窗玻璃上凝结成闪烁的晶体. （普里莫·列维）参见同义词 blazemoment
