Inflame



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使燃烧; 激怒 ( 某人)
• ［英］ v. 使燃烧 ( to set on fire) ; 激怒 ( 某人) ( excite intensely with anger)
• ［类］ 反义词: assuage ( 缓和) ; subdue ( 征服)

Webster Collegiate

also enflame verb (inflamed; also enflamed; inflaming; also enflaming)

• Etymology: Middle English enflamen, from Anglo-French enflamer, from Latin inflammare, from in- + flamma flame
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to excite to excessive or uncontrollable action or feeling; especially to make angry
    • b. to make more heated or violent ; intensify <insults served only to inflame the feud>
  • 2. to set on fire ; kindle
  • 3. to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement <a face inflamed with passion>
  • 4. to cause inflammation in (bodily tissue)
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to burst into flame
  • 2. to become excited or angered
  • 3. to become affected with inflammation
• ? inflamer noun

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