English Dictionary

flashlight

/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/

noun

(US, Canada) A battery-powered hand-held light source. / A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography). / (obsolete) A photograph taken with a flash camera.

I used a flashlight to find my way in the dark.

意味（1）

(US, Canada) A battery-powered hand-held light source.

At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face.

意味（2）

A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).

He sat in an arm-chair with his forefinger to his temple, and when the photographer's flashlight went off, he hoped that the hotel had caught fire and that this would end it all.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A photograph taken with a flash camera.