| 单词 | to spark on all cylinders |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spark on all cylinders a. intransitive. To emit or give forth a spark or sparks; to sparkle; spec., to produce or emit an electric spark or sparks by ionization of the medium separating two conductors at different potentials. Also transferred and figurative to spark on all cylinders = to function (etc.) cylinder n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter twinklec888 shimc950 blika1000 glisec1000 glistenc1000 glista1225 glore13.. sparkc1300 glisterc1380 sparklec1386 spranklea1387 glittera1400 sprinklea1400 blikenc1400 glaster1447 springlec1460 sprangle1495 brandish1552 pink1589 scintillate1623 simper1633 twink1637 spangle1639 scintill1681 scintillize1694 prinkle1724 skinkle1765 winkle1791 coruscate1807 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > become fire [verb (intransitive)] > emit sparks sparkc1300 sparkle1481 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > of discharge: come into being [verb (intransitive)] > emit sparks strike1777 spark1884 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2144 It sparkede, and ful brith shon, So doth þe gode charbucle ston. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. cxlix Þornes..beþ sone itende in þe fuyre..and sparkeþ and crakkeþ and makeþ moche noyse. c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) 462 Sparkyn, sintillo. 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes xxviii. sig. Biiv I neuer heard thy fyre once sparke. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Estinceller, to sparke, to sparkle, as fire. 1763 C. Berkeley in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 244 Her temper is like charcoal, which kindles soon, and sparks to the top of the house. 1884 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery 60 Any dynamo in which the curve of potentials at the commutator presented such irregularities..would probably spark excessively at the collector. 1905 T. H. Hawley Motor Ignition Appliances iv. 20 If our charge fails to explode or the plug to spark, the fault must usually be sought for elsewhere. 1926 R. W. Hutchinson First Course Wireless 112 The spark gap consists of two small spheres sparking across the diameters of two larger ones. 1967 L. Bacon in L. Holmes Odhams New Motor Man. iii. 81 One simple check can clear the whole of the ignition circuit—are the plugs sparking? 1977 M. Hinxman One-way Cemetery viii. 55 John realized his inspector was sparking on all cylinders. He looked a damned sight fresher than Waller felt. < as lemmas |
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