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单词 strobe
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Definition of strobe in English:

strobe

noun strəʊbstroʊb
  • 1A stroboscope.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For instance, a retractor can keep a console model away from a strobe or electric scooter.
    • Run silent until you see the infrared strobe, bogeys reported in your area.
    • I think most commercial strobes are fixed so you can't hit the seizure-inducing frequencies, anyway.
    • Any electrical device, such as torches or strobes, must be reliable and robust if it is to be relied on as a marker buoy.
    • I maintained electrical control and activated the strobes to increase our visibility.
    • Ah well, let's just stare at the white strobe for a few seconds.
    • It seemed to mimic the sound pattern his strobes were making, but where was it coming from?
    • One remembers the fellow visitor off to the right but cannot see them, as they are blotted out by the strobe's afterimage.
    1. 1.1 A stroboscopic lamp.
      as modifier strobe lights
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The strobe light atop a school bus gets noticed.
      • At the time of the collision the city employee was operating her vehicle with an overhead strobe and a traffic advisory sign.
      • All divers must carry a reel, DSMB and strobe, and are also encouraged to carry trauma shears.
      • To begin with, it's a 40-foot-long vehicle that's painted bright orange and carrying a flashing strobe light on the roof.
      • At one point a strobe light was used, seemingly just to induce seizures.
      • All was flashes of hot pink and turquoise blue, the strobe of the late eighties.
      • The bulb in the shell-shaped lamp on the wall flickered like a strobe light and painted irregular shadows on the walls.
      • It was the lights, the sudden strobe, then the soft focus that made them look like smutty angels.
      • The plan was to cause his car to crash in a tunnel by dazzling the chauffeur with a strobe light.
      • Mad strobe lighting during the chorus was a fun dramatic flourish but I wish they'd put a bit more death metal in the guitars.
      • The strobe lights blind my eyes as they bounce off the walls and people.
      • One had a strobe with him, which helped us find them in the darkness when we returned to the spot.
      • Under the strobes, when your nose is red and the screaming from your liver is drowned out by loud music, the non-drinker is a pariah.
      • I shudder to think of it now, as I never dive without two spares, and usually a strobe as well.
      • That's what found him under the glare of the strobe lights one chilly Saturday evening amidst the calm environs of the Chiran Fort Club.
      • Nightclubs require smoke, I reasoned, to drift across the strobe lights, to mix with the smell of beer and mingle with the music.
      • The day of the show, we turned on the strobe lights and got ready onstage.
      • Some divers use permanently flashing strobes.
      • As the strobe lights did their job, the little ones shone as stars.
      • We used the strobes only by attaching them to the top of folding flags.
      • When she said it was time to start the strobe light going, I vacated the room.
  • 2North American An electronic flash for a camera.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I came up with unexposed film once in 19 dives, and that was because my strobes were not firing.
    • I can't get close enough for my camera strobes to make a difference.
    • A lovely use of strobe accentuates the animal's colours without feeling too artificial and a strong diagonal line give the photo even greater clout.
    • In order to see the interface, we did not want any direct light from the strobe entering the camera lens.
    • I raised the camera to my eye, lowered it again, took the lens cover off, raised it again, lowered it again, and switched the strobe on.
    • Unfortunately Mark had a strobe implode and only one picture was developed from this dive.
    • Instead, I attacked the elephant seal with my camera and strobe.
    • Tiger Lily finally got back to the site after dark but Capon used the safety beacon in his camera strobe to catch its attention.
    • So far his only problem has been explaining his sophisticated camera equipment and strobes, rather than cylinders.
    • I regained some composure and raised my camera and strobe to see where it had gone.
    • At least I have one pass of the wreck with strobe working.
    • First, keep the camera and strobe as warm as possible, even outdoors.
    • I smiled each time my strobe synchronised with a brilliant lightning flash just above the jetty.
    • The strobes were still firing and the shark was getting more and more agitated.
    • One flash of my strobe spooks it and I'm back to stalking.
    • The camera is fitted with an integrated strobe and provides WiFi connectivity.
    • At dawn I stood before their ‘sleeping tree’ with my feet in a puddle of water, camera on tripod, strobe on, and mosquitoes all around.
    • Within minutes strobes flashed and sand flew as divers raced from one intriguing subject to the next.
    • If you're into macro photography, keep your lens caps off and your strobes charged.
    • Lifting my camera, I adjusted the position of my strobes and focused on this weird and wonderful creature.
verb strəʊbstroʊb
[no object]
  • 1Flash intermittently.

    the light of the fireworks strobed around the room
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Will they strobe unexpectedly, causing epileptic fits in children?
    • Suddenly, a strobing flash of cyan brilliance erupted from the dim recesses at the far corner of the chamber.
    • There's a vibrating pad under our pillows that went off and strobe lighting flashing everywhere.
    • "You can only run it so fast," he said, "because if you run it too fast, it's going to start to strobe."
    • Colors strobed and whirled about the room, giving it an unearthly feel.
    • Blinding bursts of lightning strobed like a parade of super novae, and in a rainstorm of colors no less.
    • The music was blaring from the speakers all around the club, and the dark building was lit with strobing vivid colored lights.
    • They strobe and sparkle like giant disco balls.
    • The storm cleared its throat across the pan and then broke directly overhead, the thunder and lightning simultaneously strobing and crashing.
    • Background textures tend to shimmer and strobe, especially in darker scenes with darker colors.
    • The shields strobed for a second, turned white, and flicked off.
    • After that she shone the light in my eyes and made it do strobing.
    • Turn them on, and they blink, flicker, strobe, hum, plink, buzz, and occasionally go bang.
    1. 1.1with object Light as if with a stroboscope.
      a neon sign strobed the room
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The use of LEDs allowed us also to strobe the light during data acquisition.
      • The sun fell between them in strips of light across the road, strobing her as she drove through them.
      • Motions were measured from images taken by strobing a light source at the tone frequency.
      • As the lights go down strobe lighting and terrific claps of thunder herald the storm.
      • Fighter jets have been on station around NYC that strobe their lights, and turn them on and off.
  • 2Exhibit or give rise to strobing.

    he explained that the stripes I was wearing would strobe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The motion artifacts are not blur but strobing, which is an unfortunate side effect of quick movement shot on video.
    • The lights were strobing and it made me sick to watch people jerking to the music instead of flowing.
    • Many quick pulses of red light strobed out of the main cannon opening.
    • I looked at the alien sitting beside me, leaning against my arm with the flickering light of the Active FlatLine screen strobing across her face.
    • There appears to be some slight strobing and motion artifacting or ‘smearing’ in clothing patterns.
    • His name, rank and regiment strobed on the bottom of the Sergeant's heads-up display.

Origin

1940s: abbreviation of stroboscopic (see stroboscope).

Rhymes

daube, enrobe, globe, Job, lobe, probe, robe
 
 

Definition of strobe in US English:

strobe

nounstroʊbstrōb
informal
  • 1A stroboscope.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Any electrical device, such as torches or strobes, must be reliable and robust if it is to be relied on as a marker buoy.
    • It seemed to mimic the sound pattern his strobes were making, but where was it coming from?
    • I think most commercial strobes are fixed so you can't hit the seizure-inducing frequencies, anyway.
    • Run silent until you see the infrared strobe, bogeys reported in your area.
    • One remembers the fellow visitor off to the right but cannot see them, as they are blotted out by the strobe's afterimage.
    • For instance, a retractor can keep a console model away from a strobe or electric scooter.
    • Ah well, let's just stare at the white strobe for a few seconds.
    • I maintained electrical control and activated the strobes to increase our visibility.
    1. 1.1 A stroboscopic lamp.
      as modifier strobe lights dazzled her
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mad strobe lighting during the chorus was a fun dramatic flourish but I wish they'd put a bit more death metal in the guitars.
      • Some divers use permanently flashing strobes.
      • I shudder to think of it now, as I never dive without two spares, and usually a strobe as well.
      • Under the strobes, when your nose is red and the screaming from your liver is drowned out by loud music, the non-drinker is a pariah.
      • As the strobe lights did their job, the little ones shone as stars.
      • All was flashes of hot pink and turquoise blue, the strobe of the late eighties.
      • It was the lights, the sudden strobe, then the soft focus that made them look like smutty angels.
      • All divers must carry a reel, DSMB and strobe, and are also encouraged to carry trauma shears.
      • When she said it was time to start the strobe light going, I vacated the room.
      • That's what found him under the glare of the strobe lights one chilly Saturday evening amidst the calm environs of the Chiran Fort Club.
      • The strobe lights blind my eyes as they bounce off the walls and people.
      • One had a strobe with him, which helped us find them in the darkness when we returned to the spot.
      • Nightclubs require smoke, I reasoned, to drift across the strobe lights, to mix with the smell of beer and mingle with the music.
      • To begin with, it's a 40-foot-long vehicle that's painted bright orange and carrying a flashing strobe light on the roof.
      • We used the strobes only by attaching them to the top of folding flags.
      • The bulb in the shell-shaped lamp on the wall flickered like a strobe light and painted irregular shadows on the walls.
      • The strobe light atop a school bus gets noticed.
      • The plan was to cause his car to crash in a tunnel by dazzling the chauffeur with a strobe light.
      • At one point a strobe light was used, seemingly just to induce seizures.
      • At the time of the collision the city employee was operating her vehicle with an overhead strobe and a traffic advisory sign.
      • The day of the show, we turned on the strobe lights and got ready onstage.
  • 2North American An electronic flash for a camera.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you're into macro photography, keep your lens caps off and your strobes charged.
    • I smiled each time my strobe synchronised with a brilliant lightning flash just above the jetty.
    • First, keep the camera and strobe as warm as possible, even outdoors.
    • In order to see the interface, we did not want any direct light from the strobe entering the camera lens.
    • I can't get close enough for my camera strobes to make a difference.
    • The camera is fitted with an integrated strobe and provides WiFi connectivity.
    • At least I have one pass of the wreck with strobe working.
    • Instead, I attacked the elephant seal with my camera and strobe.
    • One flash of my strobe spooks it and I'm back to stalking.
    • I regained some composure and raised my camera and strobe to see where it had gone.
    • I raised the camera to my eye, lowered it again, took the lens cover off, raised it again, lowered it again, and switched the strobe on.
    • Lifting my camera, I adjusted the position of my strobes and focused on this weird and wonderful creature.
    • Unfortunately Mark had a strobe implode and only one picture was developed from this dive.
    • A lovely use of strobe accentuates the animal's colours without feeling too artificial and a strong diagonal line give the photo even greater clout.
    • At dawn I stood before their ‘sleeping tree’ with my feet in a puddle of water, camera on tripod, strobe on, and mosquitoes all around.
    • I came up with unexposed film once in 19 dives, and that was because my strobes were not firing.
    • Tiger Lily finally got back to the site after dark but Capon used the safety beacon in his camera strobe to catch its attention.
    • The strobes were still firing and the shark was getting more and more agitated.
    • So far his only problem has been explaining his sophisticated camera equipment and strobes, rather than cylinders.
    • Within minutes strobes flashed and sand flew as divers raced from one intriguing subject to the next.
verbstroʊbstrōb
[no object]informal
  • 1Flash intermittently.

    the light of the fireworks strobed around the room
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After that she shone the light in my eyes and made it do strobing.
    • The shields strobed for a second, turned white, and flicked off.
    • There's a vibrating pad under our pillows that went off and strobe lighting flashing everywhere.
    • "You can only run it so fast," he said, "because if you run it too fast, it's going to start to strobe."
    • The storm cleared its throat across the pan and then broke directly overhead, the thunder and lightning simultaneously strobing and crashing.
    • Background textures tend to shimmer and strobe, especially in darker scenes with darker colors.
    • Colors strobed and whirled about the room, giving it an unearthly feel.
    • Turn them on, and they blink, flicker, strobe, hum, plink, buzz, and occasionally go bang.
    • Suddenly, a strobing flash of cyan brilliance erupted from the dim recesses at the far corner of the chamber.
    • They strobe and sparkle like giant disco balls.
    • Will they strobe unexpectedly, causing epileptic fits in children?
    • The music was blaring from the speakers all around the club, and the dark building was lit with strobing vivid colored lights.
    • Blinding bursts of lightning strobed like a parade of super novae, and in a rainstorm of colors no less.
    1. 1.1with object Light as if with a stroboscope.
      a neon sign strobed the room
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As the lights go down strobe lighting and terrific claps of thunder herald the storm.
      • The sun fell between them in strips of light across the road, strobing her as she drove through them.
      • The use of LEDs allowed us also to strobe the light during data acquisition.
      • Fighter jets have been on station around NYC that strobe their lights, and turn them on and off.
      • Motions were measured from images taken by strobing a light source at the tone frequency.
  • 2Exhibit or give rise to strobing.

    he explained that the stripes I was wearing would strobe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The lights were strobing and it made me sick to watch people jerking to the music instead of flowing.
    • His name, rank and regiment strobed on the bottom of the Sergeant's heads-up display.
    • Many quick pulses of red light strobed out of the main cannon opening.
    • I looked at the alien sitting beside me, leaning against my arm with the flickering light of the Active FlatLine screen strobing across her face.
    • The motion artifacts are not blur but strobing, which is an unfortunate side effect of quick movement shot on video.
    • There appears to be some slight strobing and motion artifacting or ‘smearing’ in clothing patterns.

Origin

1940s: abbreviation of stroboscopic (see stroboscope).

 
 
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