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n. 光芒

  1. Flashes of lightning illuminated the scene.
    闪电的亮光照亮了现场。
  2. They saw the intermittent flashes from a lighthouse.
    他们看见了灯塔发出一闪一灭的光。



Flash \Flash\, n.; pl. {Flashes}.
1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously
appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash
of lightning.

2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a
momentary brightness or show.

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --Shak.

No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. --Wirt.

3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a
very brief period.

The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash.
--Bacon.

4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring
and giving a fictitious strength to liquors.

5. a lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a
photograph; as, to take a picture without a flash.

Syn: flashbulb, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun.
[WordNet 1.5]

6. Same as {flashlight}. [informal]
[PJC]

7. (Journalism) A short news item providing recently received
and usually preliminary information about an event that is
considered important enough to interrupt normal
broadcasting or other news delivery services; also called
a {news flash} or {bulletin}.
[PJC]

{Flash light}, or {Flashing light}, a kind of light shown by
lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so
as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating
with periods of dimness. --Knight.

{Flash in the pan}, the flashing of the priming in the pan of
a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence,
sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing.

  1. Tower showed flashes of grit and humor as he fielded questions at the National Press Club about allegations concerning excessive drinking, womanizing and lucrative consulting fees he received from defense contractors.
  2. The quick smile flashes, although the eyes seem sad and almost haunted.
  3. He's said to have been influenced by Rimbaud and Blake (Mr. Stone flashes a couple of book covers onscreen to make the point), but most of the time he seems quite incapable of reading anything at all.
  4. His uniform yesterday, according to carefully observed fashion notes, was a fetching mixture of scarlet, canary yellow and lime green, with blue and black edgings and lightning flashes.
  5. "Our mothers were not out there to say, `Look, if you choose to pursue a career there is risk associated with that," said Patty Delaney, who had her first child at 34 and began having menopausal hot flashes a year later.
  6. It might come true, but experience flashes caution.
  7. 'John Wheeler holds Westminster N' flashes across the bottom of my TV screen.
  8. Between hot flashes, she hears the cries of a lost baby, perhaps a child she now will never have.
  9. "It was long night's drive and they were disturbed by TV cameras and flashes while they were trying to sleep," said Kozelka.
  10. There were no risks of any kind; never a hint of insecurity but no flashes of inspirational daring either. The support provided by the Philharmonia was always vigilant.
  11. A message flashes on screen giving the length of shot, the lie of the ball and its relation to the flag.
  12. Bulls say the rally's breadth flashes a technical signal that the Dow will continue rising, perhaps as high as 3200. But if the much-predicted economic recovery doesn't appear soon, all bets may be off.
  13. And similar flashes of precision can be found at pleasingly frequent intervals.
  14. In testimony often touched with flashes of humor, Akhromeyev used his opportunity to outline the Soviet Union's military posture and negotiating ideas.
  15. Mrs. White, dressed in a pink dress and pink hat, sat in a wheelchair, clutched a stuffed doll and shielded her eyes from the glare of television lights and photographers' flashes.
  16. Whenever the city presents its slide show on long-term planning to civic groups, the Downtown Development Board flashes on the screen an architect's conception of a shiny new grocery store.
  17. There were more flashes and more of what I thought was turbulence.
  18. It is a noise monitor that flashes neon numbers depicting the decibel level of passing traffic.
  19. But there are flashes of anger.
  20. Even the millionth-second flash of a special strobe "is very slow" compared with the laser flashes of nine nanoseconds, or billionths of a second, says Jeanne Lee Crews, who directs the research.
  21. More than half of all electrical storms had only a few cloud-to-ground lightning flashes, while a small number of storms had hundreds of strokes.
  22. Rudolph, blinking constantly under the strain of camera flashes and television lights, refused to discuss the case.
  23. Just when you've just about had it with this force-feeding of information, the picture flashes forward to Anna years later, at home with her own daughter, a six-year-old named Molly.
  24. He flashes a toothy grin, waves and is gone.
  25. I don't want to be in a position where every time a document flashes by you go to these people who check with their department." Keker said he was only carrying a message.
  26. The 1,125-line image flashes out of four HDTV projectors, made by the Barco company of Belgium, and onto a customized high reflectance screen made by the Stewart Filmscreen Co., a U.S. company.
  27. Many owners want to switch to the new compact models, the so-called lens shutter cameras that don't have interchangeable lenses and flashes.
  28. Sometimes these are conveyed in epigrammatic flashes: "As a language snob, I judge a person less by the cut of his jib than by the grab of his gab."
  29. The hymns of monks are silenced as terror flashes through the refugee camps filled with Chakma tribespeople on this side of the border.
  30. The only lights that illuminated the skies were the flashes of exploding shells.
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