词组 | flame |
释义 | flame /fleɪm/ noun hot bright burning gas that you see when something is on fireadjectives/nouns + flamea red/orange/blue etc flame Which substance burns with a green flame?bright flames Bright flames were coming from the fire.roaring flames (=very bright and hot and making a loud noise) A firefighter shouted over the sound of the roaring flames.a naked/open flame (=not enclosed with a cover) Never use a naked flame near spray paint.a candle flame He lit the fire with the candle flame.a gas flame The glass is heated over a gas flame.verbs + flameput out the flames also extinguish the flames formal (=make them stop burning) Firefighters are still trying to put out the flames.douse flames (=pour water on them to make them stop burning) We used a bucket of water to douse the flames.smother flames (=put something over them to make them stop burning) Barry smothered the flames with a blanket.fan flames (=make them burn more by waving something in front of them) She desperately fanned the flames to stop the fire going out.light the flame also ignite the flame formal (=make it start burning) The spark had ignited the flame.flame + verbsa flame burns A flame will burn hotter and faster in pure oxygen.flames die down also flames subside formal (=burn less strongly) By evening, the flames had died down.a flame goes out (=stops burning) Try not to let the flame go out.flames flicker (=move unsteadily) He watched the flames flickering in the fireplace.flames engulf sth (=completely surround and burn it) Flames quickly engulfed the building.flames leap (=go high into the air) Flames were leaping up the chimney.flames lick sth literary (=touch something lightly) Flames licked the darkening sky.phrasesburst into flames (=suddenly start burning with big flames) The plane had crashed and burst into flames.go up in flames (=be destroyed by fire) The whole town went up in flames.in flames (=being destroyed by fire) He returned home to find his house in flames. |
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