单词 | flare up |
释义 | flare up 1. phrasal verb If a disease or injury flares up, it suddenly returns or becomes painful again. Students often find that their acne flares up before and during exams. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. See also flare [sense 2], flare [sense 3], flare-up See full dictionary entry for flare flare-up Word forms: flare-ups countable noun If there is a flare-up of violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse. There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa. ...a flare-up in her arthritis. Collocations: occasional flare-up Yet it has cruised along with almost stately serenity and only the occasional flare-up. Times, Sunday Times I still have the occasional flare-up. Times, Sunday Times Occasional flare-ups of conflict occurred during the 1990s, and also sometimes in the 21st century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 突发 Japanese: 突発 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。