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flashlight

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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flash·light /ˈflæʃlaɪt/ ●●○ noun [countable] American English  torch.jpg Da small electric light that you can carry in your hand 手电筒 SYN British English torch5 see picture at 见图 lamp
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flashlightHe shone a flashlight at the trucks and shouted at them.Up ahead, flashlights flickered alongside the leading vehicle.Son Mladen takes out the whistles, the coffee-can noisemaker and the flashlight.He beamed the flashlight ahead and picked his way around the huge bale of rusted wire.He reaches for the flashlight and beams it on.They will need the flashlights again to find their way to Evansville.At her lack of response, he turned the yellowing beam of the flashlight on her white face.Intermittent intervals of moonlight would mean not having to use flashlights, when he and Larsen entered the enemy's territory.
flash·light nounChineseSyllable
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flashlight
flashlight /ˈflæʃlaɪt/ noun [countable] American English

a small electric light that you can carry in your hand
   SYN  torch British English


flash·lightBrE /ˈflæʃlaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈflæʃlaɪt/ 🔊 (especially NAmE) (BrE also torch) nouna small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand 手电筒