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flashflAFn [C]闪光，闪烁A flash of lightning lit the sky.闪电的光照亮了天空。(fig.) The answer came to her in a flash of (=with sudden) inspiration.灵机一动，她想起了答案。(infml) If something happens quick as / like / in a flash, it happens quickly or suddenly.飞快，一闪而过The ceremony was over in a flash.典礼一眨眼就结束了。The idea came in a flash.那主意是一闪而出的。If something was a flash in the pan, it happened only once or for a short time and will not be repeated.昙花一现的Let's hope the group's overnight rise to stardom will not be a flash in the pan.我们希望那群一夜而变成明星的人不只是昙花一现。A flash point is the place or stage at which violence might be expected to begin.形势一触即发的地点Because of the army's presence, the city is seen to be the flash point of the area.因为军队进驻，那座城市被看成是该地区一触即发的地点。The whole situation is nearing flash point with widespread acts of civil unrest.由于广泛蔓延的民众骚乱，整个形势变得一触即发。(specialized) The flash point of a liquid is the lowest temperature at which the VAPOUR it produces will burn in air.燃点，引火点The unusually heavy rain caused flash floods (=sudden and severe floods) in several mountain villages.这极不寻常的大雨造成了好几个山村洪水暴涨。
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