flare

英 [fleə] 美 [flɛr]
  • vt. 使闪耀;使张开;用发光信号发出;使外倾
  • vi. 闪耀,闪光;燃烧;突然发怒
  • n. 闪光,闪耀;耀斑;爆发;照明弹

助记提示


1、flame + glare.
2. perhaps influenced by both flame and Latin flare (pp. flatus) "blow".

中文词源


flare 燃烧,加剧,张开

词源不详。可能来自辅音丛bl, 吹,鼓起,拟声词,词源同blow, blossom. 即张开,展开,火势更旺,加剧等。

英文词源


flare (v.)
1540s, "spread out" (hair), of unknown origin, perhaps from Scandinavian or from Dutch vlederen. Meaning "shine out with a sudden light" is from 1630s. The notion of "spreading out in display" is behind the notion of "spreading gradually outward" (1640s). Related: Flared; flaring.
flare (n.)
"a giving off of a bright, unsteady light," 1814, from flare (v.). This led to the sense of "signal fire" (1883). The astronomy sense is from 1937. Meaning "a gradual widening or spreading" is from 1910; hence flares "flared trousers" (1964).

双语例句


1. Don'tspill too much fat on the barbecue as it could flare up.
不要在烤肉上浇太多的油,会烧起来的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
南非暴力冲突突然加剧。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a flare-up of tension between the two sides
双方剑拔弩张

来自《权威词典》

4. I saw the sudden flare of a flashlight in the darkness.
我看到手电筒在黑暗中突然闪出的亮光.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The flare overshot its target and set light to a hotel.
信号弹越过目标,把一家旅馆照亮了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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