英语词汇“flare-outs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

flare /flār/

intransitive verb

To spread

To widen out like a bell

To burn with a glaring, unsteady light

To glitter or flash

To blaze up, literally or in anger (with up)

transitive verb

To display glaringly

To dispose of (superfluous gas or oil) by burning (with off; chem eng)

noun

A widening out, as in the bell of a horn, a bowl, or a skirt

An unsteady glare

An unshaded flame

A sudden blaze

A torch

A signalling light

(the flame or light produced by) a device composed of combustible material, activated to give warning, illumination, etc or to signal for help, eg at sea

A device for the safe disposal of superfluous gas, oil, etc by burning in the open (chem eng)

A solar flare (qv under solar¹)

Undesirable extra light in a photographic image caused by reflection within the camera

ORIGIN: Poss connected with Norw flara to blaze

flares plural noun

Trousers that widen (greatly) below the knee, orig popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s

flārˈing adjective

flāˈringly adverb

flāˈry adjective

flareˈ-out noun (aeronautics)

The controlled approach path of aircraft immediately prior to landing

flare path noun

A path lit up to enable an aircraft to land or take off when natural visibility is insufficient

flare stack noun (chem eng)

A tall chimney with an automatic igniter at the top, for the safe disposal of superfluous gas, etc by burning

flare star noun

A star, usu a red dwarf, which has a periodical sudden and unpredictable increase in brightness

flareˈ-up noun

A sudden bursting into flame
A sudden outbreak of violence, anger, etc