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Flick Flicker Netflix Word Internet Slang Film Attested

正面 6951.flick
英 [flɪk]美 [flɪk]

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释义:
vt. 轻弹;忽然摇动;轻轻拂去vi. 轻弹;忽然摇动;轻轻拂去n. 弹开;快速的轻打;轻打声n. (Flick)人名;(德、法、英、意、葡)弗利克
例句:
1. The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.骑手说他经常会用鞭子抽马。

1. Netflix : The name is a combination of words. The “Net” is derived from the word Internet and “Flix” is a shortened version of the word flicks – a synonym for movie. Put them together and you get why Netflix is called…Netflix.2. net / internet + flicks => netflix.3. As slang for "film," it is first attested 1926, a back-formation from flicker (v.), from their flickering appearance.4. flick-拍打、振翅 => fl- => fly, flight, flop, flip, flick, flicker <== blow.5. symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words denoting sudden movement.6. 谐音“拂你客”。7. lick => flick.8. f-(谐音“肤”) + lick => flick: 就像用舌头舔皮肤一样的那种轻弹、轻拂。
flick 轻弹来自辅音丛bl, fl, 折腾,拍打,拟声词,词源同flap, flip. -ck, 清脆音,比较click.
flick (n.)mid-15c., "light blow or stroke," probably imitative of a light blow with a whip. Earliest recorded use is in phrase not worth a flykke "useless." Meaning "quick turn of the wrist" is from 1897 in sports. As slang for "film," it is first attested 1926, a back-formation from flicker (v.), from their flickering appearance.flick (v.)1816, "to throw off with a jerk," from flick (n.). Meaning "strike lightly with a quick jerk" is from 1838. Related: Flicked; flicking."

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