閃爍,閃光[C]
There was a flash of lightning a moment ago.
剛才有一道閃電。
n.
閃光，閃現，一瞬間
vi.
亮光閃現，反射， 使迅速傳便
vt.
使閃光，反射
adj.
閃光的，火速的
基本詞義：
Flash 由macromedia公司推出的互動式矢量圖和 Web 動畫的標準。網頁設計者使用 Flash 創作出既漂亮又可改變尺寸的導航界面以及其他奇特的效果。
美國傳統詞典（雙解）
flash
AHD:[fl²sh]
D.J.[fl#.]
K.K.[fl#.]
v.（動詞）
flashed,flash.ing, flash.e
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To burst forth into or as if into flame.
突然燃燒：突然迸發或象突然迸發似地發出火焰
To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.
突然發光：迅速或間歇地熄滅或點燃燈火
To appear or occur suddenly:
閃現：突然顯現或出現：
The image flashed onto the screen.
形象閃現在螢光屏上
To move or proceed rapidly:
飛馳：迅速移動或行進：
The cars flashed by.
汽車飛馳而過
Slang To think of or remember something suddenly：
【俚語】 突然想起或記起某事：
flashed on that time we got caught in the storm.
突然想起我們被困在暴風雨中的情景
Slang To expose oneself in an indecent manner.
【俚語】 表現不得體：以不得體的方式暴露自己
v.t r .（及物動詞）
To cause (light) to appear suddenly or in intermittent bursts.
突然出現：使（光）突然出現或間歇閃耀
To cause to burst into flame.
使發出火焰
To reflect (light).
反射（光）
To cause to reflect light from (a surface).
表面反光：使從（表面）反射光
To make known or signal by flashing lights.
以閃光做記號：通過閃光使人知道或發出信號
To communicate or display at great speed:
迅速傳遞：快速傳遞信息或炫耀：
flashed the news to the world capitals.
把訊息迅速傳遞到世界主要城市中
To exhibit briefly.
短時間展覽
To display ostentatiously; flaunt.
招搖：賣弄地炫耀；招搖
To fill suddenly with water.
灌水：使迅速充滿水
To cover with a thin protective layer.
覆蓋：以薄的保護層覆蓋
n.（名詞）
A sudden, brief, intense display of light.
閃光：突然的、短暫的、強烈的光的顯現
A sudden perception:
突然領悟：
a flash of insight.
突然的洞察
A split second; an instant:
即刻；一瞬間：
I'll be on my way in a flash.
我馬上就上路
A brief news dispatch or transmission.
簡短的新聞報導或播送
Slang Gaudy or ostentatious display:
【俚語】 招搖：庸俗華麗的或炫耀式的展覽：
“The antique flash and trash of an older southern California have given way to a sleeker age of cultural hip”(Newsweek)
“舊南加州往日的炫麗與糟粕，早已被文化嬉皮的時髦時代取代”(新聞周刊)
A flashlight.
閃電
Instantaneous illumination for photography:
閃光：攝影時瞬間的照亮：
photograph by flash.
閃光攝影
A device, such as a flashbulb, flashgun, or flash lamp, used to produce such illumination.
閃光燈：一種用來產生此種照明的裝置，如閃光電燈、閃光槍或閃光燈
Slang The pleasurable sensation that accompanies the use of a drug; a rush.
【俚語】 幻覺：使用麻醉毒品而產生的一種愉悅的感覺；激情
Obsolete The language or cant of thieves, tramps, or underworld figures.
【廢語】 盜賊的黑話：小偷、流浪漢或黑社會的人使用的語言或黑話
adj.（形容詞）
Happening suddenly or very quickly:
突然的：突發的或迅速發生的：
flash freezing.
速凍
Slang Ostentatious; showy:
【俚語】 賣弄的；炫耀的：
a flash car.
浮華的轎車
Of or relating to figures of quarterly economic growth released by the government and subject to later revision.
經濟成長率的：屬於或有關政府發布的有待以後修改的季度經濟成長數字
Of or relating to photography using instantaneous illumination.
利用閃光燈的：屬於或有關使用瞬時照明攝影的
Of or relating to thieves, swindlers, and underworld figures.
與竊賊有關的：屬於或有關小偷、騙子和黑社會人物的
習慣用語
flash in the pan
One that promises great success but fails.
曇花一現：許諾會取得巨大成功但失敗了的人
語源
Middle English flashen [to splash]
中古英語 flashen [潑，濺]
variant of flasken
flasken的變體
[of imitative origin]
[源於擬聲詞]
參考辭彙
flash,gleam,glance,glint,sparkle,glitter,glisten,shimmer,glimmer,twinkle,scintillate
These verbs mean to send forth light.
這些動詞都指發光。
Flash refers to a sudden and brilliant but short-lived outburst of light:
Flash 指的是突然的、明亮的但短暫的發光：
A bolt of lightning flashed across the horizon.
一道閃電划過地平線。
Gleam implies transient or constant light that often appears against a dark background:
Gleam 暗指在黑色的背景上不斷出現的短暫亮光：
“The light gleams an instant, then it's night once more” (Samuel Beckett).
“光亮閃了一會兒，然後馬上又變成了黑夜” （塞繆爾·貝克特）。
Glance refers most often to light reflected obliquely:
Glance 最常用於指間接反射的光：
Moonlight glanced off the windows of the darkened building.
月光照在黑暗的建築物的窗戶上。
Glint applies to briefly gleaming or flashing light:
Glint 用以指短暫的發光或閃亮：
Rays of sun glinted among the autumn leaves.
太陽光穿過秋葉照射下來。
Sparkle suggests a rapid succession of little flashes of high brilliance (
Sparkle 指一系列迅速閃動的高亮度小閃光（
crystal that sparkled in the candlelight;
在燭光下閃爍的水晶；
frost sparkling on the pavement), andglitter, a similar succession of even greater intensity (
路面上閃耀的霜）， 而glitter 是具有更高亮度的相似的一系列光點（
glittering mirrors). Toglisten is to shine with a sparkling luster:
閃亮的鏡子）， glister 是發亮並伴隨有閃閃的光澤：
The snow glistened in the dawn light.
雪在黎明的曙光中閃耀。
Shimmer means to shine with a soft, tremulous light:
Shimmer 意思是以柔和的、顫動的光照射：
“Everything about her shimmered and glimmered softly, as if her dress had been woven out of candle-beams” (Edith Wharton).
“她四周的所有物體都發出柔和的光，仿佛她的衣服是由燭光織成的” （埃迪斯·瓦頓）。
Glimmer refers to faint, fleeting light:
Glimmer 指的是微弱的、迅速消失的光：
“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:
“在法國海灘上，光微弱地閃動著，然後消失了；英國的山崖聳立在寧靜的海灣邊，微微閃光，巨大無比” （馬修·阿諾爾德）。Twinkle 就是迅速地、間歇地發光或閃亮：
“a few stars, twinkling faintly in the deep blue of the night sky” (Hugh Walpole).
“幾顆星星在深藍色的夜空中微微閃爍著” （休·沃波爾）。
Scintillate is applied to what flashes as if emitting sparks in a continuous stream:
Scintillate 用來指如同源源不斷的河流上發出的光：
“ammonium chloride . . . depositing minute scintillating crystals on the windowpanes” (Primo Levi).See also Synonyms at blaze 1moment
“氯化銨…在窗玻璃上凝結成閃爍的晶體” （普里莫·列維）參見同義詞 blaze1moment.
