flick

flick
noun
  1. a sudden smart movement
    轻击，轻拂，轻拍
    the flick of a switch.
    轻按开关。
    a flick of the wrist.
    手腕轻轻一抖。
    a back-heeled flick.
    后脚跟轻轻一磕。
    ■the sudden release of a bent finger or thumb, especially to propel a small object
    （手指或拇指的）轻弹，弹开（尤指小物体）
    he sent his cigarette spinning away with a flick of his fingers.
    他手指轻轻一弹，香烟打着转飞了出去。
    ■a light, sharp, quickly retracted blow, especially with a whip
    （尤指用鞭子）轻快抽击
    ■(a flick through)a quick look or search through (a volume or a collection of papers)
    浏览，飞快翻阅（书，文件集）
    have a flick through any gun magazine.
    浏览任一枪械杂志。
  2. (informal)a cinema film
    (非正式)电影
    a Hollywood action flick.
    好莱坞动作片。
    ■(the flicks)the cinema
    电影院
    fancy a night at the flicks?.
    想去电影院呆一晚上吗？。
verb
  1. [with obj. and adverbial of direction]propel (something) with a sudden sharp movement, especially of the fingers
    （尤指用手指）弹开，拂去
    Ursula flicked some ash off her sleeve.
    厄休拉拂去袖上灰尘。
    ■(flick something on/off)turn something electrical on or off by means of a switch
    （通过开关）开/关（电器）
    he flicked on the air conditioning.
    他打开空调。
    ■[no obj., with adverbial of direction]make a sudden sharp movement
    轻快移动
    the finch's tail flicks up and down.
    雀的尾巴轻快地上下抖动。
    ■[with obj.]move (a whip) so as to strike
    甩（鞭）抽打
常用词组
give someone the flick (或 get the flick)
  1. (informal, chiefly Austral.)reject (or be rejected) in a casual or offhand way
    (非正式，主澳)随便唐突地拒绝（或被拒）
派生
语源
  1. late Middle English: symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words denoting sudden movement
继承用法
flick through
  1. look or search quickly through (a volume or a collection of papers)
    浏览，飞快翻阅（书，文件集）
    flick through the phone book and pick a company.
    翻电话簿选一家公司。
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