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 flare ['flєә]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 闪光, 闪耀

vi. 闪光, 闪耀

vt. 用发光信号发出, 使闪耀, 使张开

[化] 火炬

[医] 潮红; 突发


  1. The fire flared up as I put more logs onto it.
    我加了几块木材,火顿时亮了起来。
  2. Her nostrils flared angrily.
    她气得鼻孔都鼓了起来。
  3. The skirt flares out at the hem.
    这条裙子的下摆张的很大。


flare
[ noun ]
  1. a shape that spreads outward

  2. <noun.shape>
    the skirt had a wide flare
  3. a sudden burst of flame

  4. <noun.process>
  5. a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

  6. <noun.communication>
  7. reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation

  8. <noun.state>
  9. a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms

  10. <noun.state>
    a colitis flare
    infection can cause a lupus flare
  11. a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference

  12. <noun.phenomenon>
  13. am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)

  14. <noun.phenomenon>
  15. a sudden outburst of emotion

  16. <noun.communication>
    she felt a flare of delight
    she could not control her flare of rage
  17. a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification

  18. <noun.artifact>
  19. a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines

  20. <noun.act>
    he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss
  21. (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield

  22. <noun.act>
[ verb ]
  1. burn brightly

  2. <verb.weather> blaze up burn up flame up
    Every star seemed to flare with new intensity
  3. become flared and widen, usually at one end

  4. <verb.change>
    flare out
    The bellbottom pants flare out
  5. shine with a sudden light

  6. <verb.weather>
    flame
    The night sky flared with the massive bombardment
  7. erupt or intensify suddenly

  8. <verb.change>
    break open burst out erupt flare up irrupt
    Unrest erupted in the country
    Tempers flared at the meeting
    The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism


Flare \Flare\, n.
Leaf of lard. ``Pig's flare.'' --Dunglison.


Flare \Flare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flaring}.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with
tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]
1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle
flares.

2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a
dazzling or painfully bright light.

3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be
offensively bright or showy.

With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.
--Shak.

4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]

Flaring in sunshine all the day. --Prior.

5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the
perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of
a ship flare.

{To flare up}, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst
into a passion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.


Flare \Flare\, n.
1. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.

2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.

3. (Photog.) A defect in a photographic objective such that
an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a fogged
spot in the center of the developed negative.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. [See 2d {Fusil}, and cf. {Fuse}, n.]
1. A flintlock gun. See 2d {Fusil}. [Obs.]

2. A fuse. See {Fuse}, n.

3.
(a) A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous
head which when ignited is not easily blown out even
in a gale of wind.
(b) A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter
and having the usual igniting tip.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A signal device, usually cylindrical, consisting of a tube
filled with a composition which burns with a bright
colored light for a definite time. It is used principally
for the protection of trains or road vehicles, indicating
an obstruction or accident ahead. Also called a {flare} or
{railroad flare}.
[PJC]

  1. "When you do not have emergency lights, you can still raise oil lamps, use the radio or shoot flare guns," he said.
  2. Hysterical arguments flare up in the long lines.
  3. In a telephone interview from Massachusetts, Radner said Houdini boostesr have shown the same flare for publicity that the late magician had.
  4. Jacobs said he was in his room reading on Saturday night when he "heard what sounded like an explosion from the front of the house." He said he looked around in the darkness but so no evidence of what he thought was another explosive flare.
  5. It is also a reminder that even as world tensions flare with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, defense contractors still face diminishing military budgets and eroding business bases.
  6. Infighting between pragmatists in the Tehran hierarchy and radicals has led to a wave of political executions and a bitter power struggle that is expected to flare when Khomeini dies.
  7. The official refused to comment on whether the United States could supply lethal aid to the resistance should fighting flare again.
  8. But Balch said that although the forecast could change if another huge solar flare bursts out, "We're not really looking for the northern lights to continue." In Utah, the northern lights early Monday covered about 40 percent of the sky at one point.
  9. Hecla, mainly a silver producer, has "a number of gold properties which would be immensely valuable at higher prices." One gold buyer who thinks inflation may flare up is J. David Edwards, chief investment officer for United Services Funds.
  10. Most Christians feared the fighting would flare again, because Aoun appears determined to eliminate Geagea's militia, which has 6,000 fighters and thousands of reservists.
  11. The flare was estimated to be an X-13.
  12. The fire was caused by a flare from a gas cooker being used by one of the pilgrims, the statement said.
  13. Rescue officials said they continued that search because of the flare sighting.
  14. Hirman said the disturbance originated in a huge flare that erupted from the sun on Wednesday.
  15. Proton radiation associated with the solar flare was expected to approach Earth today, he said.
  16. "Based on that, I'm not expecting as large of a geomagnetic disturbance." Mild proton radiation associated with the solar flare had been expected to reach orbiting spacecraft Saturday.
  17. "If there had been a man on the moon in August 1972 (during a flare of protons), he would have absorbed a lethal dose of radiation," Zwickl said, adding that proton emissions in the cycle should peak between 1991 and 1993.
  18. He said the flare Thursday measured a 4-brilliant rating, while the blast Friday measured a 3-brilliant.
  19. "Had the flare been in the western half of the sun, it could have caused serious problems," he said.
  20. One high-level ouster showed how the region's ethnic differences and latent hostility toward the politically dominant Russians can flare into violence.
  21. The flare began at 9:44 a.m. PDT Friday and lasted nearly two hours, Balch said.
  22. Mohammad said most of the flare victims suffered second-degree burns and their wounds usually were not life-threatening.
  23. While officials can't forecast the magnetic storm with certainty, Balch said there is a "really high" probability it will start Monday as hot gases and charged particles emitted by the flare hit Earth's magnetic field.
  24. Republicans are disappointed the Democratic contest isn't more protracted; they still hope the "Jackson problem" will flare up.
  25. He found a flare to call the medics, but he couldn't open it with his hands, so he bit off the top.
  26. One theory suggests that such bright points are minimal during peak flare periods and increase dramatically as flares subside.
  27. The music has been wondrously separated from the surface scratches of the old transcription disks without dampening the band's flare.
  28. Indeed, although Japanese products are highly regarded in the U.S., the image that it conveys of a country that doesn't play fair and that is buying up America will cause trouble for it in coming months as trade disputes flare again.
  29. Tempers will flare in the months ahead.
  30. A magnetic wave spewed from the sun on Monday during a massive solar flare was detected Wednesday on Earth, but federal experts said it arrived as a "minor storm" that should have only small effects on communications.
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