单词 | aflare |
释义 | aflareadj.adv. A. adj. In predicative use only. 1. a. Bursting with activity; full of intense excitement. ΚΠ 1860 C. Mackay Man's Heart i. 32 The ancient Abbey is aflare with life Of servants and retainers. 1927 S. Graham in P. Lopate Writing New York (1998) 495 I came to Harlem all aflare with the lure of pleasure. 1959 Times 24 Mar. 15/3 When her interest was engaged the broad, strong features would be aflare with excitement. 2007 E. Schrefer New Kid xviii. 237 She lays a hand on his shoulder and he jumps;..he's aflare with nervous energy. b. Bursting with flame, light, or colour. ΚΠ 1863 Harper's Mag. Oct. 615/2 Why, when I've been late a-teaming to Bury, I've found the town all bright, the windows aflare with great flames leaping out of bits of tubes, and it's the self-same stuff they light themselves with there in their houses. 1886 M. N. Murfree In Clouds xvii. 248 The flaming base of the opposite mountain, all luridly aflare in the windy dusk. 1936 R. Riskin Lost Horizon 15 (stage direct.) The field is aflare with floodlights—on one side is an office building—on the other are hangars. 1965 R. G. Stern Stitch vi. 57 Canal waters were aflare with color. 2010 P. Rickman Bones of Avalon xliii. 334 With the first light palely aflare in the northeast, I stood up and went out back for a piss. 2. Flaring or spread out, expanded, unfurled. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [adjective] flaring1627 flue1676 cyathiform1776 flanching1802 wineglass-cooler1884 aflare1895 umbelliferous1896 flared1928 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xxiii. 221 His own emblem, quivering and aflare, was winging toward the other. 1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd i. vii. 40 Large pieces of canvas aflare sail away on the gale like balloons. 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iii. 52 Wolfing huge coals with iron jaws aflare. 2006 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Media) 1 Two guys fat and thin, nostrils slightly aflare as if to be more receptive to all those hot late-1980's cultural currents. B. adv. a. In or into a state of intense excitement or activity. ΚΠ 1865 P. S. Worsley tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 33 Rumour, God's herald, set the host aflare. 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iii. 46 Beauty ran all aflare Through nerve and bone. 2005 N. Gingrich et al. Never call Retreat (2007) xiii Mosby's men had switched tactics, firing on the draft horses pulling the barges,..which had really set tempers aflare among his men. b. So as to burst with flame, light, or colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adverb] aflame1555 ablazea1676 alow1818 aflare1924 1869 H. S. Leigh Relig. World 57 Luther, when the times were ripe, set the phœnix aflare in its nest, and a new Church flew from the medieval ashes. 1885 ‘M. Field’ Father's Trag. iv. ii. 76 And I must watch him with these burning eyes, Like candles set aflare upon my corpse. 1924 M. Diver Siege Perilous i. 23 He set the beacon aflare, pouring oil upon the flame with his own sacred hand. 2003 A. Janigian Bloodvine (2005) xxi. 176 They cooked eggs on the sidewalks, set aflare ants, beetles and worms beneath the pinpoint heat of a magnifying glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1860 |
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