flashback

flashback
noun
  1. a scene in a film, novel, etc. set in a time earlier than the main story
    (电影、小说等的)倒叙
    in a series of flashbacks, we follow the pair through their teenage years.
    在一系列的倒叙中,我们跟随这对情侣穿越了他们的少年时光。
    [mass noun]the movie tells the story in flashback.
    电影以倒叙的手法讲述了这个故事。
    ■a disturbing sudden vivid memory of an event in the past, typically as the result of psychological trauma or taking LSD
    (尤指由于心理伤害或服用麦角酸二乙基酰胺而导致的)瞬间痛苦回忆
  2. a flame moving rapidly back through a combustible vapour
    逆燃,回火
    cooling the area prevented a flashback.
    冷却该区域防止了逆燃。
英语宝典
考试词汇表