- [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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sudden
- get
- have
- in (a) flashback
- flashback to
- [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 饱受噩梦和闪回折磨的退伍军人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sudden
- get
- have
- in (a) flashback
- flashback to