| 单词 | all ablaze |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall ablaze 1. That is on fire; in flames, burning vigorously. Frequently in all ablaze. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adverb] aflame1555 ablazea1676 alow1818 aflare1924 a1676 J. Dunton Dialogical Disc. Adonibezeck 56 in Heavenly Pastime (1685) No Storms at Sea, nor Ships in them, Ablaze with whirling fumes that make the Top-mast crack creates more terror than my wild desire. a1732 J. Gay Trivia iii. in Poet. Wks. (1784) I. 83 The heav'ns are all ablaze. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 311 Now all ablaze as if infernal fires Illumed the world beneath. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xi. 71 The sky was ablaze with a mighty mass of flame. 1968 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Dec. 2/3 The plum pudding, ablaze, was piped in and paraded around the dining room. 1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down (1993) p. xx Its back end ablaze, the aircraft was like some comet, trailing orange fire. < as lemmas |
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