aflare

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əˈflɛə/    美 /əˈflɛɹ/|/əˈfleː/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Flaring (blazing or shining brightly or suddenly; also figuratively, of a strong emotion). not-comparable
    — 1886, Mary Noailles Murfree (as Charles Egbert Craddock), In the Clouds, Chapter 17, p. 248, the flaming base of the opposite mountain, all luridly aflare in the windy dusk
  2. Illuminated (with something blazing or shining). not-comparable
    — […] Old Pye Street, Peter’s Street, and Duck Lane were aflare with the coarse lights of open naphtha lamps,
  3. Flaring (opening outward). not-comparable
    — ballet skirts aflare

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.
English a-
English flare
English aflare
From a- + flare.
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