| 单词 | in a flame |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a flame 2. The condition of visible combustion. In phrases, on flame, †on or of a flame, in a flame, in flames: blazing, on fire; transferred of a wound, etc., inflamed; figurative inflamed with anger, passion, or zeal. Also to put or set on or in (†a) flame, to burst into flame(s, etc. See also aflame adv. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > ablaze or aflame [phrase] in (also on) (a) lowec1175 on blaze1393 on or of a flame1490 on flame1656 in flames1697 in a flame1817 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > inflamed with passion fire-hotOE eschaufedc1374 on firea1393 inflammatec1450 inflamed1526 enkindled1549 boiling1579 seething1590 heated1595 red-hot1598 aflame1632 on flame1656 ablaze1819 burnt1859 incandescent1859 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > (of love) ardent or passionate ardentc1374 rapta1500 passionate1534 feverous1576 on flame1656 ardurousa1770 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [adjective] scaldedc1450 angryc1500 inflammate1583 inflamed1599 fiery1600 blazed1631 in a flame1658 inflammatory1732 phlogistic1732 angered1753 fretful1804 phlogotic1817 phlogosed1830 phlegmatous1854 inflammablea1862 phlogogenic1881 phlogogenous1890 phlogogenetic1891 stormy1899 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb] > in inflamed manner afirec1384 inflamedly1637 in a flame1790 aflame1879 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > inflamed with passion > of the eyes or face fieryc1390 in a flame1790 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [adjective] > looking angry > of the face: flushed with anger red1614 in a flame1790 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ii. 14 The cyte was cruelly sette a fyre, and on a flamm. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 297 Redolent gums..incendiated or put to flames, wherein the dead body is laid. 1652 J. Wadsworth tr. P. de Sandoval Civil Wars Spain 351 The timber of the Church taking fire therewith, all was immediately of a flame. 1656 A. Cowley Mistress (new ed.) 15 in Poems [My heart] 'tis all on flame. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. i. 220 If a wound be in a flame when drest. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xii. 182 Trojans come on, and break me down this Wall, and set the Argives hollow ships on flame. 1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice v. 49 What a flame had your negligence put me into. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 116 They found their Boat all in flames. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 50 The Town..was all on a Flame. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 12 Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 74 Setting the nation in a flame against the Minister. 1790 J. Willock Voy. diverse parts 11 Immediately his face was all over in a flame. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xvi. 65 Below the smoke of roofs involved in flame. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 140 The day..Now set a wrathful Dian's moon on flame. 1879 M. Pattison Milton 53 Once, at twenty, he [Milton] was all on flame by the casual meeting..with a damsel. < as lemmas |
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