Flare



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GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. ( 火焰) 摇曳, 闪耀
• ［英］ n. / v. ( 火焰) 摇曳, 闪耀 ( to burn unsteadily, as a flame whipped about by the wind )
• ［类］ gust : wind / flare : light ( 阵风是短暂的刮风 / 闪光是短暂的发光)
• ［记］ 和flame ( 火焰) 一起记

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1580
• 1.
  • a. a fire or blaze of light used especially to signal, illuminate, or attract attention; also a device or composition used to produce such a flare
• 2. an unsteady glaring light
  • b. solar flare; also a sudden increase and decrease in the brightness of a star often amounting to a difference of several magnitudes
• 3.
  • a. a sudden outburst (as of excitement or anger)
  • b. flare-up 3
• 4.
  • a. a spreading outward; also a place or part that spreads
  • b. an area of skin flush
• 5. light resulting from reflection (as between lens surfaces) or an effect of this light (as a fogged or dense area in a photographic negative)
• 6.
  • a. a short pass in football thrown to a back who is running toward the sideline
  • b. a weakly hit fly ball in baseball <a flare into short right field>
• 7. plural pants that flare toward the bottom

II. verb (flared; flaring)

• Date: 1616
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to burn with an unsteady flame
    • b. to stream in the wind
  • 2.
    • a. to shine with a sudden light <a match flares in the darkness>
    • b.
      • (1) to become suddenly excited or angry — usually used with up
      • (2) to break out or intensify usually suddenly or violently — often used with up<fighting flared up after a 2-week lull>
    • c. to express strong emotion (as anger) <flaring out at such abuses>
  • 3. to open or spread outward <the pants flare at the bottom>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to display conspicuously <flaring her scarf to attract attention>
  • 2. to cause to flare <the breeze flares the candle>
  • 3. to signal with a flare or by flaring
  • 4. to burn (a jet of waste gas) in the open air

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