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flare

/flair/US // flɛər //UK // (flɛə) //

扩口,扩音器,喇叭口,耀斑

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    flared, flar·ing.

    • : to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
    • : to blaze with a sudden burst of flame: The fire flared up as the paper caught.
    • : to start up or burst out in sudden, fierce intensity or activity: His stomach problems have flared up.
    • : to become suddenly enraged; express sudden, fierce anger or passion: I’m not a person who flares easily. She sometimes flares out at the kids.
    • : to shine or glow.
    • : to spread gradually outward, as the end of a trumpet, the bottom of a wide skirt, or the sides of a ship.
v.有主动词 verb
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    flared, flar·ing.

    • : to cause to burn with a swaying flame.
    • : to display conspicuously or ostentatiously.
    • : to signal by flares of fire or light.
    • : to cause to spread gradually outward in form.
    • : Metallurgy. to heat to such a high temperature that the zinc vapors begin to burn.
    • : to discharge and burn at a well or refinery.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
    • : a sudden blaze or burst of flame.
    • : a bright blaze of fire or light used as a signal, a means of illumination or guidance, etc.
    • : a device or substance used to produce such a blaze of fire or light.
    • : a sudden burst, as of zeal or of anger.
    • : a gradual spread outward in form; outward curvature: the flare of a skirt.
    • : something that spreads out.
    • : Optics. light, often unwanted or extraneous, reaching the image plane of an optical instrument, as a camera, resulting from reflections, scattering by lenses, and the like.
    • : Photography. a fogged appearance given to an image by reflection within a camera lens or within the camera itself.
    • : Also called solar flare .Astronomy. a sudden and brief brightening of the solar atmosphere in the vicinity of a sunspot that results from an explosive release of particles and radiation.
    • : Football. a short pass thrown to a back who is running toward a sideline and is not beyond the line of scrimmage.
    • : Television. a dark area on a CRT picture tube caused by variations in light intensity.

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Examples

  • Either way, he and others think the campfire flares are important.

  • When applied to old data, the method anticipated several powerful flares, although it missed some as well.

  • Together, the small but ubiquitous flares could be a source of energy to the corona that astronomers haven’t accounted for.

  • In the second scenario, which Metzger and his colleagues published last year, the flare of energy escapes the magnetosphere and travels a large distance — up to 1 million times the radius of the magnetar.

  • Specific features of those electron–gas interactions give each type of aurora its unique flare.

  • Both are the result of magnetic activity on the sun, but a solar flare has more energy than a CME.

  • In past flare-ups—documented on open carry forums—the grocery chain has said that it will comply with state laws.

  • In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington observed a strong solar flare that was directed at the Earth.

  • The principle is sound, but the effect is small enough that another source entirely could be responsible for the extra flare-up.

  • His words have a nationalistic flare, and his story is gripping.

  • The old Negro watched the approaching flare of the head-light as he ran on, with a grim, defiant eye.

  • His chuckle stopped as lightning flare threw the shadow of a man across the ground at Joseph's feet.

  • In order to keep the flare-lights burning all kinds of materials had been sacrificed.

  • Jim agreed at once, handed over the care of his flare-lights to one of the men, and prepared for action.

  • The furnishings are many hued, the cushions a flare of color, and the pictures fantastically futuristic.