| 单词 | flicker |
| 释义 | Word Frequency flicker 1(ˈflɪkə) verb 1. (intransitive) to shine with an unsteady or intermittent light a candle flickers 2. (intransitive) to move quickly to and fro; quiver, flutter, or vibrate 3. (transitive) to cause to flicker noun 4. an unsteady or brief light or flame 5. a swift quivering or fluttering movement 6. a visual sensation, often seen in a television image, produced by periodic fluctuations in the brightness of light at a frequency below that covered by the persistence of vision 7. the flickers Derived forms flickery (ˈflickery) adjective Word origin Old English flicorian; related to Dutch flikkeren, Old Norse flökra to flutterWord Frequency flicker 2(ˈflɪkə) noun any North American woodpecker of the genus Colaptes, esp C. auratus (yellow-shafted flicker), which has a yellow undersurface to the wings and tail Word origin C19: perhaps imitative of the bird's call |
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