資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flash \Flash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle,
   dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.]
   1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood
      of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the
      powder flashed.

   2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst
      instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary
      brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

            Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch
            words of unnumbered struggles.        --Talfourd.

            The object is made to flash upon the eye of the
            mind.                                 --M. Arnold.

            A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in
            act.                                  --Tennyson.

   3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out
      violently; to rush hastily.

            Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other.
                                                  --Shak.

   {To flash in the pan}, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See
      under {Flash}, a burst of light. --Bartlett.

   Syn: {Flash}, {Glitter}, {Gleam}, {Glisten}, {Glister}.

   Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood
          or wide extent of light. The latter words may express
          the issuing of light from a small object, or from a
          pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also,
          in denoting suddenness of appearance and
          disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or
          disploding in not being accompanied with a loud
          report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a
          soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears,
          or flowers wet with dew.