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单词 aburn
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aburnadj.

Brit. /əˈbəːn/, U.S. /əˈbərn/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix3, burn v.1
Etymology: < a- prefix3 + burn v.1
Burning or glowing (as with excitement, embarrassment, etc.); alight. Only in predicative use.
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1830 R. J. Raymond Robert the Devil ii. i. 22 When she do come near, I be all over a burn one moment, and all over a shiver the next—and I'm told that be very like being in love!
1885 Virginia Univ. Mag. Jan. 199 His soul—I speak but of the great—is all aburn with the divine afflatus.
1950 M. Page Daughter of Hills (1986) ix. 106 I stopped my counting, my cheeks aburn at his interfering.
2003 J. Taylor Sel. Dreams from Animal Kingdom 59 Look, Miss Havisham's drifting down The staircase in lace, topaz eyes aburn, aglitter.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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