flame out

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become suddenly angry; to break out into indignation or similar emotion; to flare up. archaic
    — [O]n being brought home, and giving us ground to suppose he was much worse hurt than he really was, and a fever ensuing, every one flamed out; and all was laid at my door.
  2. To fail due to extinction of flame.
    — If on flame out, steam pressure goes below 75# you must go back on gas to return [....] The grievant replied that If he did so, the boiler would flame out.
  3. To fail, usually spectacularly. figuratively
  4. To stop due to exhaustion. intransitive

词形变化

flames out present,singular,third-person flaming out participle,present flamed out participle,past flamed out past

词汇关系

衍生词
flame-out flameout

词源

flame + out
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