| 词汇 | flash |
| 释义 | flash Theme: DISPLAY tr. to display something briefly.You'd better not flash a wad like that around here. You won't have it long.The cop flashed her badge and made the pinch. Theme: DRINKING - PORTION n. a drink of liquor.I'll have just a flash; then I've got to run.Here, have a flash, and let's chat a little longer. Theme: SEX - DISPLAY in. to display one's private parts briefly. (Use caution with the topic.)The guy flashed and moved on down the street.She flashed briefly, providing the show that people came to see, and left the stage. Theme: THINKING n. something suddenly remembered; something suddenly thought of.I had a flash and quickly wrote it down.After we talked a while, a flash hit me. Why don't we sell the house? Theme: TIME - SHORT n. a very short period of time; an instant.I'll be there in a flash.It was just a flash between the time I said I'd be there and when I showed up. flash 1. adjective 1 ostentatious, showy UK, 1785. 2 impudent, cheeky UK, 1980 2. noun 1 a sudden onset of drug-induced effects US, 1946. 2 LSD US, 1994. 3 any central nervous system stimulant UK, 1983. 4 illicitly distilled alcohol. Used by British expatriates in Saudi Arabia UK, 1981. 5 a revelation; an epiphany; a satori US, 1924. 6 in a striptease show, the stripper's entrance onto the stage US, 1945. 7 a large number of small-denomination banknotes with a large-denomination note showing, giving the impression of a great deal of money UK, 1996. 8 inexpensive, showy jewellery US, 1927. 9 an inexpensive carnival prize that is so appealing that people will spend great sums trying to win it US, 1927. 10 a suit of clothes US, 1950. 11 the appearance of wealth or success US, 1975. 12 a know-all. Used in borstals and detention centres UK, 1978. 13 in horse racing, a last-minute change in odds US, 1951.► bit of flashostentation, a superficial show UK, 1962 3. verb 1 to exhibit as naked a part or parts of the body that are usually clothed UK, 1893. 2 to show off UK, 1754. 3 to show UK, 1754. 4 to display official credentials UK, 1976. 5 while dealing blackjack in a casino, to briefly and unintentionally expose the down card US, 1980. 6 to display prizes in a carnival game in order to attract customers US, 1966. 7 to vomit US, 1968. 8 to vomit after injecting heroin or while withdrawing from heroin use US, 1957. 9 to inhale glue or industrial solvents for the psychoactive effect US, 1970. 10 to remember an event from the past in a sudden and powerful manner. An abbreviation of 'flashback' US, 1984. 11 to break light bulbs in their sockets, either as an act of vandalism or preparatory to a crime US, 1953. 12 to commit a social gaffe US, 1963.► flash a brownto drop your trousers and expose your buttocks NEW ZEALAND, 1998.► flash a jointto display prizes in a carnival game US, 1968.► flash the ashused as a demand that someone offer a cigarette. A variation of CRASH THE ASH; probably arose in the 1950s but now rare UK, 1984.► flash the cashto spend some money; to offer payment UK, 1999.► flash the gallery; flash the rangein prison, to use a small mirror to watch out for approaching guards while conducting some prohibited activity in your cell US, 1981.► flash the hashto vomit US, 1965.► flash your assto commit a social gaffe US, 1968 flash around 1. flash your money around/about to spend a lot of money in a way that is very noticeable, because you want other people to know that you have a lot and admire you: Eddie's always enjoyed flashing his money around - expensive cars, clothes, that sort of thing.2. flash sth around/about to show people that you have something valuable, because you are very proud of it and want them to admire it: If you have jewellery with you don't go flashing it around - there are a lot of thieves in this part of town. flash back to flash back to sth/sb if your mind or thoughts flash back to a time, event, or person in your past, you suddenly think of them or remember them: Isabel's thoughts flashed back to Luke and the night they'd spend in San Remo. His mind flashed back forty years to what his father had once told him.flashback n C when you suddenly have a clear picture in your mind of something that happened to you in the past, often something unpleasant+ to Rachel, 25, still has vivid flashbacks to the day when she was attacked.flashback n C,U a scene in a film. play, or book, which shows or describes something that happened in the past, or the method of telling a story in this way: In a series of flashbacks we follow the sisters through their teenage years.in flashback In `The English Patient', a lot of the story is told in flashback. flash on flash on sth AmE to suddenly remember something or have a new idea: When Maurice starts talking about caribou, I immediately flash on Alaska. It was then that I flashed on the idea of spending Easter in Hawaii. flash out flash out sth not passive if someone's eyes or looks flash out a feeling or message, they suddenly express it: Glover's eyes flashed out the clear message that he didn't believe what she had said. flash1. n. something suddenly remembered; something suddenly thought of. I had a flash and quickly wrote it down. 2. n. a very short period of time; an instant. (see also in a flash.) I’ll be there in a flash. 3. tv. to display something briefly. You’d better not flash a wad like that around here. You won’t have it long. 4. in. to display one’s private parts briefly. She flashed briefly, providing the show that people came to see, and left the stage. 5. n. a drink of liquor. Here, have a little flash, and let’s chat a little longer.
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