| 单词 | flashlight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflashlight flashlight n. (a) a light so arranged as to give forth sudden flashes, used for signals and in lighthouses; (b) Photography (see quot. 1890); (c) chiefly U.S. = flash-lamp n. (b); also as v. transitive, to photograph by flashlight (also figurative). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > flashing signal flashing signals1858 flashlight1886 telephote1893 flasher1909 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner to fire away1859 stereograph1860 flashlight1886 shoot1890 snap1890 Kodak1891 snapshot1898 mug1899 mutoscope1899 telephotograph1899 mutograph1908 photomaton1927 soft-focus1928 minicam1937 microfiche1975 pap1993 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > electric torch > flashlight flashlight1886 flash-lamp1890 flash1913 blinker1923 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > flash-gun or tube > flash bulb flashlight1886 flash-lamp1890 flash-bulb1935 flash cube1965 Magicube1970 1886 Sci. Amer. LIV. 16/2 A flash-light, that is to say, one which can be made to glow or disappear at pleasure. 1890 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Photogr. 289 Flashlight, usually made by blowing magnesium powder through a small flame. 1892 M. Stokes Six Months in Apennines 163 I was compelled to photograph these most interesting bas-reliefs by the flash~light. 1901 Field & Stream Jan. 774/2 The Comet Baby Flash Light. 1902 A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel xiii. 144 Rocco had photographed the corpse by flashlight. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 3/1 To attempt to flashlight him at night is an invitation..to trample the photographer and his camera into a jumble of mutilated fragments. 1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 205 We were studying the interior of a soul, flash-lighted by the dread of ‘losing its position’. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 233 A gold-handled umbrella with a bachelor-girl flash-light attachment. 1940 E. Caldwell Trouble in July xii. 179 Several men rushed inside, flashlighting the room. 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock 65 Carry a flash~light by any chance? < as lemmas |
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