| 释义 |       present participle of spark    1      as in sparklingto give off sparks the broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in       sparkling     glowing     scintillating     flashing     shining     burning     blazing     flaming     twinkling     combusting     radiating     lighting (up)     flaring (up)     2      as in triggeringto cause to function interesting questions that are designed to spark the reader's brain       triggering     activating     driving     igniting     generating     powering     fueling     moving     provoking     starting     fuelling     charging     running     firing     pushing     electrifying     actuating     setting off     touching off     turning on     launching     stimulating     energizing     switching     cranking (up)     releasing     inciting     arousing     discharging     instigating     accelerating     catalyzing     reactivating     tripping     exciting     recharging     turning over     kick-starting     vitalizing     jump-starting     quickening     kicking over     stirring up     stepping up     speeding (up)       See More   killing     cutting     stopping     deactivating     sticking     halting     arresting     checking     stalling     turning off     jamming     suppressing     braking     slowing     shutting off     repressing     cutting out     decelerating     stunting     cutting off     drawing up     3      as in provokingto rouse to strong feeling or action President Kennedy's inspirational speeches sparked a generation of young idealists to enter the public arena       provoking     encouraging     stimulating     stirring     arousing     inciting     inspiring     instigating     moving     igniting     triggering     exciting     motivating     driving     inducing     piquing     impassioning     fanning     motiving     inflaming     galvanizing     activating     fomenting     angering     energizing     kindling     revving (up)     firing (up)     building a fire under     animating     enflaming     quickening     vitalizing     enraging     raising     bothering     fermenting     teasing     upsetting     taunting     setting off     abetting     getting     jeering     pumping up     maddening     irritating     aggravating     annoying     exasperating     vexing     keying (up)     galling     whipping (up)       See More   calming     soothing     subduing     tranquilizing     pacifying     placating     mollifying     tranquillizing     appeasing   |