英语词汇“to flash in the pan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to flash in the pan: literal said of a gun, when the priming powder is kindled without igniting the charge; figurative to fail after a showy effort, to fail to ‘go off’.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > fail to fire

to flash in the pan1687

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)]

withsitc1330

fail1340

defaulta1382

errc1430

to fall (also go) by the wayside1526

misthrive1567

miss1599

to come bad, or no, speedc1600

shrink1608

abortivea1670

maroon1717

to flash in the pan1792

skunk1831

to go to the dickens1833

to miss fire1838

to fall flat1841

fizzle1847

to lose out1858

to fall down1873

to crap out1891

flivver1912

flop1919

skid1920

to lay an egg1929

to blow out1939

to strike out1946

bomb1963

to come (also have) a buster1968

1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 20 If Cannons were so well bred in his Metaphor as only to flash in the Pan, I dare lay an even wager that Mr. Dryden durst venture to Sea.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 243 It will occasion it oft-times to flash in the Pan a great while before it goeth off.

1792 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 377 Their majesties flashed in the pan yesterday.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ix. 244 Flashing in the pan scares ducks.

1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xiii. 237 Cannon attempted a joke which flashed in the pan.

单词	to flash in the pan
释义	> as lemmas to flash in the pan c. to flash in the pan: literal said of a gun, when the priming powder is kindled without igniting the charge; figurative to fail after a showy effort, to fail to ‘go off’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > fail to fire to flash in the pan1687 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 20 If Cannons were so well bred in his Metaphor as only to flash in the Pan, I dare lay an even wager that Mr. Dryden durst venture to Sea. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 243 It will occasion it oft-times to flash in the Pan a great while before it goeth off. 1792 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 377 Their majesties flashed in the pan yesterday. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ix. 244 Flashing in the pan scares ducks. 1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xiii. 237 Cannon attempted a joke which flashed in the pan. extracted from flashv.¹ < as lemmas
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