英语词汇“flared”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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flare

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	flare
	he, she, it	flares
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	flared
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have flared
	he, she, it	has flared
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had flared
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will flare
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have flared

Continuous Form
Present	I	am flaring
	he, she, it	is flaring
	you, we, they	are flaring
Past	I, he, she, it	was flaring
	you, we, they	were flaring
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been flaring
	he, she, it	has been flaring
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been flaring
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be flaring
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been flaring

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

A match flared in the darkness.
My allergies tend to flare up in humid weather.
Violence has flared up again in the Middle East.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A handful of violent incidents flared before June 30.
An old back ailment flared up, and he had to miss work for several days.
He flared his nostrils at her, a sign of affection.
On the dunes Angus had put a match to the bonfire which crackled, spat, and flared up.
The oil ignited and the wooden houses flared up like match-sticks.
The sixteen slicks flared in unison with Yellow One and settled into the tall grass.
Their tempers now rarely flare even in the worst traffic jams.

Longman Language Activatorwhen something starts burning► catch fire

also catch on fire especially American to start burning accidentally: · Two farm workers died when a barn caught fire yesterday.· The car turned over, but luckily it didn't catch fire.· There was an explosion, and the whole garage caught on fire.

► burst into flames

to suddenly start burning and produce a lot of flames that cause serious damage: · The plane crashed into the side of the mountain and burst into flames.· Without warning the toaster burst into flames.

► go up (in flames)

if a building or vehicle goes up or goes up in flames , it starts burning very quickly and usually is destroyed by fire: · Be careful with those matches, or the whole place will go up in flames!· The fire spread slowly until it reached the gas cylinders, then the factory went up in flames.· If the oil tanker goes up, it could burn for weeks.

► break out

if a fire breaks out , it starts burning accidentally and spreads very quickly: · Over £20,000 worth of damage was caused when a fire broke out in the cellar.· Would you know what to do if a fire broke out in your school?

► flare up

to suddenly begin to burn, or suddenly burn much more strongly than before, with a strong, bright flame: · The spilled gasoline suddenly flared up in a sheet of flame.· They threw some dry wood onto the bonfire and it flared up, showering sparks into the night sky.

► ignite

to start burning: · Scientists could not explain why the gas had suddenly ignited.· The compound ignites at 450 degrees Celsius.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► Tempers flared

Tempers flared during the debate.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► flaring nostrils

the horse’s flaring nostrils (=widened nostrils)

► somebody’s temper flares

(=they become angry)· On bad days, Elaine’s temper would flare into a violent rage.

► violence erupts/breaks out/flares

(=suddenly starts)· Violence erupted during the demonstration.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out

· She was young and wore a dress that flared out around her calves.· I see the flash-gun flaring out from behind smoked glass windows.· When the other women had done so, Hector had flared out at them.

► up

· In a moment they reddened and flared up, and before long the water was bubbling.· Safety Tim McDonald had bruised a left shoulder in the Rams game, which flared up again Sunday.· On the dunes Angus had put a match to the bonfire which crackled, spat, and flared up.· The singer, her darker side flaring up, demanded that Ruth give up her other clients and become her personal manager.· Many packaging materials contain highly flammable substances that could make a fire suddenly flare up.· After a few days the infection had flared up again, and with it came the same pain.· But the past few weeks have seen the killings flare up again.· In August 1680 simmering peasant discontent in the district of Mondovi had flared up in open rebellion.

NOUN► nostril

· A nose wrinkle, with nostrils flaring backwards: betrays annoyance or disgust.· But let him out, the docile beast becomes himself-with nostrils flared, he roars.· His neck curls; his nostrils flare and tremble.· His head was tilted back and his nostrils were flaring.· Tears spurted out of her eyes, her nostrils flared.· Her almost flat nose tended to widen at the nostrils, flaring over a tidal wave of a mouth.

► temper

· Sukarno procrastinated; tempers flared up, the students withdrew.· Before tempers flared, Dutriz cracked a joke, and talk returned to the news.· Torquay pulled back to 4-2 through Adrian Foster and substitute Stuart Herd but tempers began to flare.· This quick temper that flared at nothing, that was new.· Their tempers now rarely flare even in the worst traffic jams.