flickering

IPA/ˈflɪk.ər.ɪŋ/
KK[flˈɪkɚɪŋ]IPA/ˈflɪk.ɚ.ɪŋ/

flickering — 形容詞

  • flickeringpositive
  • more flickeringcomparative
  • most flickeringsuperlative

1. used for describing a light or flame that keeps changing quickly between being b

1.形容詞B1
釋義

閃爍的

光線不穩定地忽明忽暗

used for describing a light or flame that keeps changing quickly between being bright and being dim, without a steady glow

例句

Gita placed a flickering candle on the dinner table to create a warm mood.

Gita 在餐桌放了一根閃爍的蠟燭，營造溫暖的氣氛。

collocation: flickering candle

The only light came from a flickering bulb that kept going dim and bright.

唯一的光線來自一顆閃爍的燈泡，它不斷地變暗又變亮。

常見搭配
  • flickering candle
  • flickering light
  • flickering flame
  • flickering lamp
  • flickering bulb
  • flickering screen
同義詞
  • unsteady

    broader term — can describe any movement or change, not just light

  • twinkling

    suggests a quick, repeated on-off pattern, typically for small distant lights like stars

  • glimmering

    a softer, weaker shine that may stay at one level of faintness

反義詞
  • steady

    does not change in brightness

  • constant

    remains at the same level without variation

文法句型

flickering + noun (light source)

用法筆記

Used attributively before a noun describing a concrete light source (candle, flame, bulb, screen, lantern). The brightness changes in a quick, irregular pattern — not a steady on-off cycle like a blinking signal.

常見錯誤

The flickering candle produced a steady, unchanging glow.
The flickering candle cast moving shadows across the walls.
A flickering light does not shine steadily; it changes between bright and dim.

2. used for something that is seen, felt, or experienced for only a very short mome

2.形容詞B2
釋義

忽隱忽現的

短暫出現又消失的

used for something that is seen, felt, or experienced for only a very short moment and then quickly fades or stops

例句

Tamar had only a flickering memory of the song her grandmother used to sing.

Tamar 對祖母以前唱的那首歌只有忽隱忽現的記憶片段。

collocation: flickering memory

Through the fog, the mountain appeared as a flickering shape that vanished seconds later.

穿過濃霧，山巒呈現出一個若隱若現的輪廓，幾秒鐘後就消失了。

常見搭配
  • flickering memory
  • flickering hope
  • flickering image
  • flickering sound
  • flickering signal
同義詞
  • fleeting

    focuses on extreme shortness of time; more common in formal writing

  • passing

    suggests something that does not stay; softer than 'flickering'

  • momentary

    emphasises that something lasts only an instant

反義詞
  • lasting

    continues for a long time

  • steady

    does not come and go; remains present

文法句型

flickering + abstract noun (memory, hope, image)

用法筆記

Used in a figurative or metaphorical way for memories, hopes, images, or sounds that are brief and not fully clear. The noun that follows is usually abstract (memory, hope, image) rather than a physical object.

常見錯誤

I have a flickering memory of my entire childhood.
I have only a flickering memory of the song my grandmother sang.
Flickering describes something that appears briefly and disappears, not a long-lasting but unclear memory.

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