| 释义 |
●a ˌflash in the ˈpan (informal) a success which lasts for a short time and is not likely to be repeated 短暂的成功；昙花一现◆He scored a lot of goals early in the season, but hasn’t scored any since, so it may have been just a flash in the pan.
赛季开始时他进了很多球，但后来就再没得分，所以那可能只是昙花一现。 ORIGIN This refers to an old type of gun. Sometimes the gunpowder in the pan (= a small container at the top of the gun) exploded but failed to set fire to the gunpowder inside the gun with the result that the gun did not fire a bullet. 这个表达法原指一种老式火枪，有时火药池（pan）里的火药起爆后，未能引燃枪管中的火药，子弹不能射出。 |