| 单词 | flare |
| 释义 | Word Frequency flare(flɛə) verb 1. to burn or cause to burn with an unsteady or sudden bright flame 2. to spread or cause to spread outwards from a narrow to a wider shape 3. (transitive) to make a conspicuous display of 4. to increase the temperature of (a molten metal or alloy) until a gaseous constituent of the melt burns with a characteristic flame or (of a molten metal or alloy) to show such a flame 5. (transitive; sometimes foll by off) (in the oil industry) to burn off (unwanted gas) at an oil well noun 6. an unsteady flame 7. a sudden burst of flame 8. a. a blaze of light or fire used to illuminate, identify, alert, signal distress, etc b. the device producing such a blaze 9. a spreading shape or anything with a spreading shape a skirt with a flare 10. a sudden outburst, as of emotion 11. optics a. the unwanted light reaching the image region of an optical device by reflections inside the instrument, etc b. the fogged area formed on a negative by such reflections See also solar flare 12. astronomy short for solar flare 13. aeronautics the final transition phase of an aircraft landing, from the steady descent path to touchdown 14. an open flame used to burn off unwanted gas at an oil well Derived forms flared adjective Word origin C16 (to spread out): of unknown origin |
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