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- (of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness（光, 光源）闪烁：
the interior lights flickered, and came on.
里面的灯闪了几下后亮了起来。
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- (of a flame) burn fitfully, alternately flaring up and dying down（火焰）摇曳, 忽隐忽现：
the candle flickered again
烛光再次忽明忽暗
as adj. flickering the flickering flames of the fire.闪烁不定的火焰。
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- with adverbial of place figurative (of a feeling or emotion) be experienced or show itself briefly and faintly, especially in someone's eyes〈喻〉（感觉, 感情）闪现, 闪过（尤指眼部表情）：
amusement flickered briefly in his eyes.
他眼中闪过一丝笑意。
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- make small, quick movements; flutter rapidly颤动, 快速抖动：
her eyelids flickered
她眨了眨眼皮
with complement the injured killer's eyes flickered open.受伤杀手眨了两下眼皮睁开了双眼。
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- with adverbial of direction(of someone's eyes) move quickly in a particular direction in order to look at something（眼睛）快速瞥视：
her alert hazel eyes flickered around the room.
她用警惕的淡褐色眼睛快速扫视了一下房间。
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- with adverbial(of a facial expression) appear briefly（面部表情）闪现：
a look of horror flickered across his face.
他脸上闪过惊骇的神色。
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- an unsteady movement of a flame or light which causes rapid variations in brightness（火焰, 光的）闪烁, 摇曳, 忽明忽暗：
the flicker of a candle flame caught our eyes.
忽明忽暗的烛光引起了我们的注意。
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- mass noun fluctuations in the brightness of a film or television image such as occur when the number of frames per second is too small for persistence of vision（电影或电视每秒帧数过少时的）图像闪烁。
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- a tiny movement微小动作：
then a flicker of movement caught his eye.
然后他注意到一个微小的动作。
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- a faint indication of a facial expression一丝面部表情：
a flicker of a smile passed across her face.
她脸上掠过一丝微笑。
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- figurative a very brief and faint experience of an emotion or feeling〈喻〉（感情或感觉的）闪现：
she felt a small flicker of alarm.
她感到一丝惊慌。
词源
Old English flicorian, flycerian 'to flutter', probably of Germanic origin and related to Low German flickern and Dutch flikkeren.
短语动词
flicker out
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- (of a flame or light) die away and go out after a series of flickers（火焰, 光线）摇曳着慢慢熄灭。
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- figurative (of a feeling) die away and finally disappear〈喻〉（感觉）逐渐消失：
the swift burst of curiosity and eagerness flickered out.
突发的好奇和渴望心理逐渐消失。