
flame
词源
源自古英语'flamme',来自拉丁语'flamma',意为火焰或燃烧。
noun
❶ 火焰,指燃烧时产生的明亮发光的气体部分,通常伴随高温和光。
“The candle flame flickered in the breeze.”
(烛火在微风中摇曳。)
“The house was engulfed in flames.”
(房子被火焰吞没了。)
❶ 强烈的感情或激情,常用来形容爱情或愤怒等强烈情绪。
“Their love burned with an eternal flame.”
(他们的爱情燃烧着永恒的火焰。)
“His words fanned the flames of her anger.”
(他的话煽动了她愤怒的火焰。)
verb
❶ 燃烧或发光,通常指像火焰一样明亮地燃烧。
“The logs flamed brightly in the fireplace.”
(木柴在壁炉里熊熊燃烧。)
“The rocket flamed across the night sky.”
(火箭拖着火焰划过夜空。)
❶ 在互联网上发送愤怒或侮辱性的信息,通常用于在线争论中。
“He flamed the other user in the forum.”
(他在论坛上怒骂另一个用户。)
“The discussion quickly devolved into flaming.”
(讨论很快演变成了互相攻击。)
常见短语
old flame — 指过去的恋人,通常带有怀旧或未完全放下的情感色彩。
“She ran into an old flame at the high school reunion.”
(她在高中同学聚会上遇到了旧情人。)
fan the flames — 使情况变得更糟,通常是激化矛盾或加剧某种情绪。
“His insensitive remarks only fanned the flames of the argument.”
(他不合时宜的言论只是火上浇油。)
go up in flames — 彻底失败或毁灭,原意指被火焰完全吞噬。
“Their business plan went up in flames after the market crash.”
(在市场崩溃后,他们的商业计划彻底失败了。)