| 单词 | flame |
| 释义 | flame (once / 77 pages) nv The flame of a fire produces light and heat and often flickers or dances. As a verb, to flame is to be on fire or to flare up. On the Internet, flame has a different meaning: to post or send aggressive, negative, or insulting messages in a public electronic forum. "Flame wars" are exchanges of such messages between individuals or parties and often occur behind a veil of anonymity. It's an appropriate term, given that inflammatory, which takes flame as its root, describes speech or action that tends to incite a heightened and negative response. WORD FAMILYflame: flame-colored, flamed, flames, flaming, inflame+/flaming: flamingest, flamingly, flamings/inflame: inflamed, inflames, inflaming, inflammation, inflammatory/inflamed: inflamedly/inflaming: inflamings/inflammation: inflammations/inflammatory: anti-inflammatory, inflammatorily, noninflammatory, pro-inflammatory USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, we keep seeing the same vague flashes of flames and shadowy figures. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) State police say Purcell’s home was engulfed in flames when firefighters got there Monday afternoon. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Flames swept through the Ghost Ship, an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland where a concert was underway. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke Syn|Hypo|Hyper fire, flaming blaze, blazing a strong flame that burns brightly flarea sudden burst of flame ignitionthe process of initiating combustion or catching fire spontaneous combustionignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation process burning, combustion a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light 2v be in flames or aflame The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset Hyper burn, combust undergo combustion 3v shine with a sudden light Syn|Hyper flare beam, shine emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light 4v criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed Hyper castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate censure severely |
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