| 单词 | to fan the flame |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fan the flame a. A burning feeling or passion, esp. of love: to fan the flame: to heighten its intensity by artificial or artful means. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] > a burning feeling of passion heatc825 leye971 flamea1340 fire1340 swelmea1400 wildfirea1400 burning1822 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > ardour of passion > (of love) a flame or burning passion fireeOE flamea1340 flaughena1634 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > become ardent or fervent [verb (intransitive)] > heighten intensity of passion to blow the coals?a1500 to stir the coals1539 to fan the flame1800 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxvii. 1 Alle kyndul þou in þe flawme of þi luf. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋279 Thanne feeleth he anoon a flambe of delit. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 213 Thre flaumbes of charyte. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 207 So true a flame of liking. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 807 Abdiel..Stood up, and in a flame of zeale severe The current of his fury thus oppos'd. View more context for this quotation 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert Prol. The same Flame, by different Ways express'd, Glows in the Heroe's and the Poet's Breast. 1712 A. Pope tr. Ovid Sapho to Phaon in tr. Ovid Epist. (ed. 8) 8 Ah Youth ungrateful to a Flame like mine! 1783 J. O'Keeffe Birth-day 17 The lovely town-bred dame, Dear cause of many a flame. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family IV. 212 I..neglected no opportunity of fanning the flame. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. iii. 69 She seemed With love's first flame to glow. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. ix. 136 This flame of ardent ambition kept her alive. < as lemmas |
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