flame
noun /fleɪm/
/fleɪm/
Idioms - enlarge image[countable, uncountable] a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire
火焰；火舌 - the tiny yellow flame of a match
火柴小小的黄色火焰 - The room was filled with smoke and flames.
房间里充满了烟雾和火焰。 - to douse/extinguish the flames
熄灭火焰 - in flames The building was in flames (= was burning).
大楼失火了。 - The plane burst into flame(s) (= suddenly began burning strongly).
飞机突然起了大火。 - Everything went up in flames (= was destroyed by fire).
一切都毁于大火。 - Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame (= on a gas cooker/stove).
用中火加热橄榄油。 - The curtains were enveloped in a sheet of flame.
窗帘被火焰吞没。 - (British English) Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.
在明火附近千万不要吸烟或使用喷漆。 - (North American English) an open flame
明火
- The flames were growing higher and higher.
熊熊火焰越来越高。 - Firefighters have been trying to control the flames.
消防队员一直在奋力控制火势。 - Flames leaped from the burning house.
火焰从燃烧的房子蹿上去。 - Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
男人们提来一桶桶水灭火。 - Orange flames were already licking around the foot of the stairs.
橙色的火焰已燃至楼梯底部。 - Oxygen tanks fuelled the flames.
氧气罐助长了火势。 - The candle flame flickered and went out.
烛火闪烁着，然后熄灭了。 - The flames lit up the skyline.
火光照亮了天际线。 - The flames quickly spread and engulfed their home.
大火迅速蔓延，吞没了他们的家园。 - The plane crashed in a ball of flames.
飞机在一团火光中坠毁。 - They tried to get into to the house but were beaten back by the flames.
他们试图进入房子，但被火焰击退了。 - They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn.
他们眼睁睁看着大火吞噬了破旧的木谷仓。 - Winds fanned the flames.
风助火势。 - Max stared at the flickering flames of the bonfire.
马克斯盯着篝火闪烁的火焰。 - pork cooked over an open flame
明火烤制的猪肉
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blazing
- burning
- crackling
- …
- be engulfed in
- go up in
- burst into
- …
- roar
- die down
- spread
- …
- in flames
- the tiny yellow flame of a match
- [uncountable] a bright red or orange colour
鲜红色；橘红色；橙黄色 - a flame-red car
橘红色的汽车
- a flame-red car
- [countable] (literary) a very strong feeling
强烈的感情；激情 - His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.
他童年时对足球的兴趣点燃了他对这项运动的激情。
- She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.
她感到心中升起一团怒火。 - They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.
他们试图重燃爱火。
- His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.
- [countable] (informal) an angry or offensive message sent to somebody by email or on the internet, typically in quick response to another message
火药味电邮（或互联网信息）
词源Middle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’.
Idioms
fan the flames (of something)
- to make a feeling such as anger, hate, etc. worse
煽风点火；煽动（情绪） - His writings fanned the flames of racism.
他的写作煽起了种族主义情绪。
- His writings fanned the flames of racism.