释义 |
flare-upˈflare-up noun [countable] - a flare-up in the dispute between Armenians and Azerbaijanis
- She's following a low-fat diet, and hasn't had a flare-up in months.
- I have had chronic low-back pain, with occasional flare-ups of worse pain, for at least five years.
- In instances where a flare-up of the disease later attenuated earlier cosmetic benefits, patients became skeptical of surgery.
- They may move joints manually through the safe range of motion during acute flare-ups of arthritis.
- When Labour returned to opposition after 1951, there was a flare-up inside the party.
1a situation in which someone suddenly becomes angry or violent: Apart from one or two flare-ups the match went fairly smoothly.2a situation in which someone suddenly has problems because of a disease or illness after not having any problems for a long time: a flare-up of her arthritis |