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
词态变化
第三人称单数: flares;过去式: flared;过去分词: flared;现在分词: flaring;
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》