flashlight
英 ['flæʃlaɪt]
美 ['flæʃlaɪt]
英文词源
- flashlight (n.)
- also flash-light, 1886, "on-and-off signal light in a light-house, etc.," from flash (v.) + light (n.). As the word for a photographer's light-emitting preparation, 1892 (flash-lamp in this sense is by 1890). From 1905 as as a handheld, pocket-sized electric illumination device, the American English word for what the British might call an electric torch.
双语例句
- 1. He took his flashlight from his jacket pocket and switched it on.
- 他从夹克口袋里拿出手电筒，打开开关。
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- 2. The troopers, by flashlight, were searching the immediate area.
- 州警们正拿着手电筒在附近地区搜查。
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- 3. She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.
- 当手电筒的光照到她身上时她僵住了。
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- 4. The man walked slowly towards her, shining the flashlight.
- 那名男子打着手电筒，慢慢地朝她走过去。
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- 5. Sam was flicking a flashlight on and off.
- 萨姆啪啪不停地把手电筒开了又关。
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