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flashback

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Arts, Chemistry, Literature, Film, Theatre
flash·back /ˈflæʃbæk/ noun  1 [countable, uncountable]A a scene in a film, play, book etc that shows something that happened before that point in the story 〔电影的〕闪回镜头;〔戏剧的〕闪回场景;〔书中的〕倒叙 The events of the hero’s childhood are shown as a series of flashbacks. 主人公童年的一些事情用一连串闪回镜头展现出来。2 [countable]REMEMBER a sudden very clear memory of something that happened to you in the past 〔往事的〕闪回,突然重现 Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash. 伊顿脑海中依然时常闪过车祸的情景。3 [countable] an occasion when someone has the same bad feeling that they had when they took an illegal drug in the past 〔吸毒后的〕药效幻觉重现 Many users of this drug experience flashbacks. 许多吸食这种毒品的人都会经历药效幻觉的重现。4. [countable] technicalHC a burning gas or liquid that moves back into a tube or container 火舌回闪,回火〔指燃烧的气体或液体循管道向气瓶或油罐退回〕
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flashbackA constant motif is a flashback to a field of wheat, interposed suddenly and incongruously in various scenes.Many users of this drug experience chronic depression and flashbacks.In the middle, we get an extended flashback of the four as girls in the summer of 1970.I have had my first flashback.Only vaguely, in one or two frozen flashback memories, could he recall his father.We weave the old show in so well with the flashbacks.has flashbacksAmado has flashbacks to his experiences in Vietnam.He says approaching bends he's worried because he has flashbacks of some one losing control and crashing into him.
flash·back nounChineseSyllable
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flashback
flashback /ˈflæʃbæk/ noun
1. [uncountable and countable] a scene in a film, play, book etc that shows something that happened before that point in the story:
    The events of the hero’s childhood are shown as a series of flashbacks.
2. [countable] a sudden very clear memory of something that happened to you in the past:
    Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash.
3. [countable] an occasion when someone has the same bad feeling that they had when they took an illegal drug in the past:
    Many users of this drug experience flashbacks.
4. [countable] technical a burning gas or liquid that moves back into a tube or container


flash·backBrE /ˈflæʃbæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈflæʃbæk/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] a part of a film/movie, play, etc. that shows a scene that happened earlier in time than the main story (电影或戏剧的)闪回,倒叙,倒叙片段The events that led up to the murder were shown in a series of flashbacks. 通过一系列倒叙展现出了导致谋杀的各个情节。🔊🔊The reader is told the story in flashback. 故事是以倒叙手法向读者讲述的。🔊🔊

dialogue, ending, flashback, plot, narrate, scenario, scene, storyline, tension, twist

[countable] a sudden, very clear, strong memory of sth that happened in the past that is so real you feel that you are living through the experience again (往事的)闪回,回顾