blaze
n
1 [C]
(a) bright flame or fire 火焰; 火光
Dry wood makes a good blaze. 乾木燃起奪目的火焰.
(b) very large (often dangerous) fire 大火; 火災
Five people died in the blaze. 有五人死於火災.
2 [sing] ~ of sth
(a) very bright display (of light, colour, etc); brightness, brilliance (光、顏色等的)呈現; 明亮; 光輝
The garden is a blaze of colour, ie full of colourful flowers. 花園里萬紫千紅.
The high street is a blaze of lights in the evening. 晚上大街上燈火輝煌.
(b) (fig 比喻) striking display or show 引人注目的展現或顯示
a blaze of glory/publicity 榮耀[聲名顯赫].
(c) (fig 比喻) sudden outburst (of a violent feeling) (強烈感情的)驟然迸發
a blaze of anger/passion/temper 勃然大怒[大動感情/大發雷霆].
blaze v
1 [I] burn brightly and fiercely 猛烈地燃燒
A good fire was blazing in the grate. 爐箅子上的火很旺.
When the firemen arrived the whole building was blazing. 消防隊到達時, 整座建筑物正在熊熊燃燒著.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
shine brightly 發光; 照耀
Bright lights blazed all along the street. 雪亮的燈光照得街道通明.
The sun blazed down on the desert. 陽光照射在沙漠上.
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) (fig 比喻) show great feeling, esp anger 表現強烈的感情(尤指憤怒)
She was blazing with indignation, ie was extremely angry. 她勃然大怒.
a blazing row 憤怒的吼叫
His eyes blazed (with anger). (由於憤怒)他的眼里充滿怒火.
4 (phr v) blaze away fire continuously with guns 連續地射擊
Our gunners/guns kept blazing away at the enemy. 我們的炮手[槍炮]一直不停地向敵軍射擊. blaze up
(a) burst into flames 發出火焰; 燃燒起來
The fire blazed up when he added paraffin. 他加了一些煤油, 火就燃燒起來了.
(b) (fig 比喻) suddenly become angry 忽然發怒
He blazed up without warning. 他突如其來地勃然大怒.
blaze n
1 white mark on an animal's face (動物面部上的)白斑.
2 mark cut in the bark of a tree to show sb which way to go (在樹皮上割出指示去向的)記號. blaze, v
1 [Tn] mark (a tree) by cutting off some bark (在樹上)(割下一些樹皮)作標記.
2 (idm 習語) blaze a `trail do sth for the first time and show others how to do it; be a pioneer (in sth) 作模范; (在某事中)作先行者
blazing a trail in the field of laser surgery 在激光外科手術領域中開拓新路. Cf 參看 trail-blazer (trail).
blaze (also blazon) v [Tn]
make (sth) known; proclaim 把(某事)公之於眾; 宣布
The news was blazed all over the daily papers. 所有日報都刊登了這條消息.
blazer n jacket, without matching trousers, often showing the colours or badge of a club, school, team, etc (不與褲子配套的)西裝上衣(常以其顏色或徽章作某俱樂部、學校、隊組等的標記).