- (also flak)[uncountable]
guns on the ground that are shooting at enemy aircraft; bullets from these guns 高射炮；高射炮火 - (also flak)[uncountable] (informal)
severe criticism 严厉批评；抨击 He's taken a lot of flack for his left-wing views. 他因其左翼观点而受到很多抨击。 She came in for a lot of flack from the press. 她受到新闻界的猛烈抨击。
- [countable] (North American English, informal)
a press agent (= a person whose job is to supply information and advertising material about a particular actor, musician, theatre, etc. to newspapers, radio or television) 弗拉克（flack）： 媒体代理商
Word Originsense 2 1940s: of unknown origin.