名詞 flicker:

1. a momentary flash of light
   同義詞：spark, glint
2. North American woodpecker
3. the act of moving back and forth
   同義詞：waver, flutter

動詞 flicker:

1. move back and forth very rapidly
   同義詞：waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
2. shine unsteadily
   同義詞：flick
3. flash intermittently
   同義詞：flick

1. All the lights flickered for a moment.
   所有的燈都閃了一會兒。
2. A slender smile still flickered across her face.
   她臉上閃過一絲微笑。

flicker

v.（動詞）
flick.ered,flick.er.ing,flick.ers
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To move waveringly; flutter:
搖曳：搖擺不定地移動；顫動：
例句：
shadows flickering on the wall.See Synonyms at flutter
墻上搖曳的影子參見 flutter

To burn unsteadily or fitfully.
（火焰）忽明忽暗：不穩(wěn)地或一陣陣地燃燒
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cause to move waveringly.
使搖曳：使搖擺不定地動
n.（名詞）
A brief movement; a tremor.
短暫的運動；震動
An inconstant or wavering light.
閃光：閃爍不定或搖曳的光
A brief or slight sensation:
短暫的念頭：短暫而輕微的感覺：
例句：
a flicker of doubt.
一絲疑慮

Slang A movie.
【俚語】 電影

來源：
Middle English flikeren [to flutter]
中古英語 flikeren [顫動]
from Old English flicerian
源自 古英語 flicerian

flicker
flicker 2

n.（名詞）
Any of various large North American woodpeckers of the genusColaptes, especially C. auratus, the common flicker, having a brown back, spotted breast, and white rump.
撲動鴷：北美洲多種大的撲動鴷 屬啄木鳥中的一種，尤指 撲動鴷， 通常長著褐色的背部、帶斑點的胸部和白色的尾部

來源：
Perhaps from flick
可能源自 flick