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flashback

noun
🔊/ˈflæʃbæk/
🔊/ˈflæʃbæk/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a part of a film, play, etc. that shows a scene that happened earlier in time than the main story（电影或戏剧的）闪回，倒叙，倒叙片段
    • The events that led up to the murder were shown in a series of flashbacks.通过一系列倒叙展现出了导致谋杀的各个情节。🔊🔊
    • The reader is told the story in flashback.故事是以倒叙手法向读者讲述的。🔊🔊
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    Topics Film and theatrec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sudden
    verb + flashback
    • get
    • have
    preposition
    • in (a) flashback
    • flashback to
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  2. [countable] a sudden, very clear, strong memory of something that happened in the past that is so real you feel that you are living through the experience again（往事的）闪回，回顾
    • war veterans suffering from nightmares and flashbacks患有噩梦和倒叙的退伍军人
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sudden
    verb + flashback
    • get
    • have
    preposition
    • in (a) flashback
    • flashback to
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