flare
英 [fle?]
美 [fl?r]
- vt. 使閃耀；使張開；用發光信號發出；使外傾
- vi. 閃耀，閃光；燃燒；突然發怒
- n. 閃光，閃耀；耀斑；爆發；照明彈
助記提示
1、flame + glare.
2. perhaps influenced by both flame and Latin flare (pp. flatus) "blow".
中文詞源
flare 燃燒，加劇，張開詞源不詳。可能來自輔音叢bl, 吹，鼓起，擬聲詞，詞源同blow, blossom. 即張開，展開，火勢更旺，加劇等。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Don'tspill too much fat on the barbecue as it could flare up.
- 不要在烤肉上澆太多的油，會燒起來的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
- 南非暴力沖突突然加劇。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a flare-up of tension between the two sides
- 雙方劍拔弩張
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. I saw the sudden flare of a flashlight in the darkness.
- 我看到手電筒在黑暗中突然閃出的亮光.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The flare overshot its target and set light to a hotel.
- 信號彈越過目標,把一家旅館照亮了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》