flash /flæʃ/ ► SEE ALLflash sth aroundflash back (to sth)flash by/pastflash by/past sb/sthflash forward (to sth)flash on sbflash on sth ●ˌflash sth aˈround ( ˌflash sth aˈboutespecially BrE) (disapproving) to show sth valuable, especially money or jewellery to people, or let them see it, to impress them炫耀，炫示（尤指金钱或珠宝）◆Stop flashing your money around. 别到处炫富了。[v + n/pron + adv]●ˌflash ˈback (to sth)if your mind or your thoughts flash back to sth that happened in the past, you suddenly remember it回想；回顾◆My mind flashed back to my first day at college. 我回忆起上大学第一天的情景。[v + adv]▸ˈflashback
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1. [countable, uncountable] a scene in a film/movie, book, etc. which shows sth that happened earlier（电影、书等的）闪回，倒叙2.a sudden, very clear, strong memory of sth that happened to you in the past that is so real you feel that you are living through the experience again（往事的）闪回，再现眼前，浮现脑海◆She still has nightmares and vivid flashbacks of the accident. 她依然做噩梦，那次事故的情景历历在目。●ˌflash ˈby/ˈpast●ˌflash ˈby/ˈpast sb/sthto go or pass very quickly; to go very quickly past sb/sth飞驰；飞逝；掠过◆The days just flashed by. 日子转眼就过去了。◆She watched the scenery flash past the train window. 她看着风景在火车窗外飞掠而过。[v + adv][v + prep]●ˌflash ˈforward (to sth)if a book, film/movie, etc. flashes forward, it describes or shows sth that will happen at a later time（书、电影等）闪前，预叙，提前叙述未来事件◆The movie then flashes forward to wartime London. 电影接着超前叙述，穿插战时伦敦的镜头。◆ (figurative) Flash forward to the present: we are still in the same mess as we were in back then. 快进到现在：我们所处的窘境仍然与那时毫无二致。[v + adv]▸ˌflashˈforward
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●ˈflash on sbif sth flashes on you, you suddenly realize it突然意识到；蓦地醒悟到◆It flashed on me that he was the man I’d seen in the hotel. 我忽然发觉，他就是我在旅馆见过的那个人。SYNhit sb[v + prep]●ˈflash on sth (NAmE, informal) to remember or realize sth回忆起；意识到◆I suddenly flashed on how horrible that day had been. 我突然意识到，那一天是多么的糟糕透顶。[v + prep]