单词 | to set ablaze |
释义 | > as lemmasto set ablaze Chiefly in to set ablaze (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1789 W. Churchey Poems & Imitations Brit. Poets 795 Like the small nitrous spark, that, scarcely seen, Touches the train, and sets it all ablaze! 1822 J. Keats & C. A. Brown Stanzas on Skulls in New Monthly Mag. 4 47 Poor skull, thy fingers set a-blaze, With silver Saint in golden rays, The holy Missal. 1863 J. Tyndall Heat i. 11 Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning. 1909 W. Deeping Red Saint xl. 340 The King's men who still held the castle, had thrown springalds of fire down upon the houses, setting the thatch ablaze. 1994 Daily Mail 29 Sept. 3/4 Antique experts uncovered 5,000 pieces of Victorian furniture, paintings and exotic objects that set the antiques world ablaze. < as lemmas |
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