单词 | to flare up |
释义 | > as lemmasto flare up 6. to flare up: extracted from flarev. a. to burst into a sudden and temporary blaze; also figurative. Hence of persons: ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > become fire [verb (intransitive)] > flare up to burn out, fortha1382 to burst (out) into flamec1385 fuff1513 upbraid1513 exaestuate1642 flash1661 to flare up1846 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > catch fire or begin to burn > suddenly and temporarily to flare up1886 1846 W. M. Thackeray Crit. Rev. in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 99 Is a man..to despond because he can't in his person flare up like the sun? 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland xvii. 428 They [sc. persecutions] flared up again..with increased fury. 1886 F. H. Doyle Reminisc. 388 The grass suddenly flared up. b. to break out into sudden anger. Also with out, quasi-transitive with quoted words. (Cf. flare-out n. 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry wrethec900 wrothc975 abelghec1300 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 to peck moodc1330 gremec1460 to take firea1513 fumec1522 sourdc1540 spitec1560 to set up the heckle1601 fire1604 exasperate1659 to fire up1779 to flash up1822 to get one's dander up1831 to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 rile1837 to go off the handle1839 to flare up1840 to set one's back up1845 to run hot1855 to wax up1859 to get one's rag out1862 blow1871 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to turn up rough1872 to get the needle1874 to blaze up1878 to get wet1898 spunk1898 to see red1901 to go crook1911 to get ignorant1913 to hit the ceiling1914 to hit the roof1921 to blow one's top1928 to lose one's rag1928 to lose one's haira1930 to go up in smoke1933 hackle1935 to have, get a cob on1937 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to go hostile1941 to go sparec1942 to do one's bun1944 to lose one's wool1944 to blow one's stack1947 to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950 rear1953 to get on ignorant1956 to go through the roof1958 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 to lose ita1969 to blow a gasket1975 to throw a wobbler1985 1840 J. W. Carlyle Lett. 5 Oct. (1883) I. 119 It is just because I love you..that I flare up when [etc.]. 1870 C. E. L. Riddell Austin Friars iv You flare up like a bull at sight of a red cloak. 1907 Smart Set Feb. 95 ‘Your name is Ougheltree,’ he suddenly flared out. c. to have a ‘jollification’, make merry boisterously. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous revelc1390 ragea1400 roara1450 jet?1518 tirl on the berry?1520 roist1563 roist1574 revel1580 domineer1592 ranta1616 roister1663 scour1673 tory-rory1685 scheme1738 to run the rig1750 gilravagea1760 splore?a1799 spree1859 to go on the (or a) bend1863 to flare up1869 to whoop it up1873 to paint the town (red)1882 razzle1908 to make whoopee1920 boogie1929 to beat it up1933 ball1946 rave1961 1869 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) vi. 138 We flared up again last night, and hailed the New Year with the usual ceremonies. < as lemmas |
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