flick [flɪk] verb intransitive + adverb or preposition transitive ADVANCED ■to move or hit something with a short sudden movement (迅速)轻击,轻弹,轻拍,轻拂•He carefully flicked the loose hairs from the shoulders of his jacket.他仔细地把落在上衣肩上的头发轻轻弹掉。 •She quickly flicked the crumbs off the table.她迅速地把桌子上的碎屑拂去。 •Horses flick their tails to make flies go away.这些马轻甩尾巴驱赶苍蝇。 •Windscreen wipers flick from side to side.挡风玻璃雨刷左右摆动。 •The boys ran round the swimming pool, flicking each other with their towels.男孩们绕着游泳池追逐嬉闹,相互用毛巾甩打。 •The lizard flicked out its tongue at a fly.蜥蜴朝一只苍蝇倏地伸出舌头。 •His eyes flicked between her and the door.他的目光在她和房门之间游移。 [flɪk] verb intransitive + adverb or preposition transitive Phrasal Verbs [M] flick sth on/off ■to move a switch in order to make electrical equipment start/stop working 啪地打开/关上(电器的开关)•Could you flick the light switch on for me, please?请帮我把灯打开好吗? [flɪk] verb intransitive + adverb or preposition transitive Phrasal Verbs flick through sth ■to look quickly at the pages of a magazine, book, etc. 快速浏览,草草翻阅 [flɪk] noun countable QUICK MOVEMENT 快速的动作 ■a sudden, quick movement 轻打;轻甩;轻击•With a flick of its tail, the cat was gone.那只猫尾巴一甩,很快便不见了。 •A flick of a switch turns the machine on.轻轻一按开关,机器就打开了。 have a flick through sth ■to quickly look at the pages of a book, magazine, etc 快速浏览,草草翻阅•I've had a flick through their brochure and it looks quite interesting.我已经迅速浏览了一下他们的小册子,看起来相当有趣。 [flɪk] noun countable FILM 电影 UK old-fashioned informal ■a film See skin flick ; chick flick the flicks [plural] UK old-fashioned informal ■the cinema 戏院•What's on at the flicks this week?这周戏院放映甚么? |