flick·er /ˈflɪkɚ/
 閃爍,閃光,顫動(vi.)閃動,閃爍,搖動,撲動翅膀(vt.)使搖曳,使閃爍


 flick·er /ˈflɪkɚ/ 名詞
 閃光覺,閃爍光


 flicker
 閃爍


 flicker
 閃爍


 Flick·er v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.]
 1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
    And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing.   --Dryden.
 2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
    The shadows flicker to fro.   --Tennyson.


 Flick·er, n.
 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
 2. Zool. The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
    The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.   --Thoureau.

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 flicker
      n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: spark, glint]
      2: North American woodpecker
      3: the act of moving back and forth [syn: waver, flutter]
      v 1: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
           [syn: waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]
      2: shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" [syn: flick]
      3: flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [syn:
         flick]