flick
要点名,
意味
- 軽い一打ち;(指先での)一はじき;(手首などの)す早い一振り
- ピシッ(パチッ)という音
- 《the flicks》《俗》映画
- (むちなどで)…をピシッ(パチッ)と打つ《+名+with+名》
- …をはじいて動かす
- …をぱっと(さっと)払いのける《+away(off)+名,+名+away(off)》;(…から)…をぱっと払う《+名+off(from)+名》
例文
Finger flicks are the strongest weapon for killing cockroaches.
ゴキブリを殺すにはデコピンが一番強力な武器だ。
He flicked me in the face.
彼は私の顔を指先でぽんとはじいた。
Flicks on the forehead are the strongest weapon for killing cockroaches.
ゴキブリを殺すにはデコピンが一番強力な武器だ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker. The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.