also flash-light, 1886, "on-and-off signal light in a light-house, etc.," from flash (v.) + light (n.). As the word for a photographer's light-emitting preparation, 1892 (flash-lamp in this sense is by 1890). From 1905 as as a handheld, pocket-sized electric illumination device, the American English word for what the British might call an electric torch.
雙語例句
1. He took his flashlight from his jacket pocket and switched it on.
他從夾克口袋里拿出手電筒，打開開關。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The troopers, by flashlight, were searching the immediate area.
州警們正拿著手電筒在附近地區搜查。
來自柯林斯例句
3. She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.
當手電筒的光照到她身上時她僵住了。
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4. The man walked slowly towards her, shining the flashlight.