English Dictionary

flashlight

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/

名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 廃用

(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.

日本語の意味

（米国、カナダ）乾電池で動作する携帯用の光源。 / 写真撮影用にフラッシュ効果を発生する装置（フラッシュ銃）。 / （古い用法）フラッシュカメラで撮った写真。

When the power went out during the storm, I grabbed a flashlight to find candles and batteries.

嵐で停電したとき、ろうそくと電池を探すために懐中電灯を手に取った。

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.

flashlights （ plural ）