词汇精选：blaze的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

大火，烈火，火焰

例句：

Dry wood makes a good blaze.

干木燃起夺目的火焰。

例句：

Five people died in the blaze.

有五人死于火灾。

光辉，光彩

例句：

But this scientific blaze at Alexandria did not endure altogether for more than a century.

然而亚历山大城科学界的光辉持续不到一百年。

例句：

I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of color.

我想把前花园装点得五彩缤纷。

展现；爆发

例句：

Yet all to often, these rebels burn out in a blaze of glory.

不管怎么说，这些叛逆行为来自于荣耀地爆发。

例句：

One day, during all this training, Blaze showed that he was the best pupil in the training school.

一天，在所有这些训练当中，贝雷兹展现出了他是训练学校中优等生的风采。

大量

例句：

He was arrested in a blaze of publicity.

他在铺天盖地的报道中被捕了。

例句：

I'll tell you my sporting career that began in a blaze of glory.

我会给你讲我那在一片荣耀中开始的体育生涯。

v.

熊熊燃烧，猛烈地燃烧 [I]

例句：

The log fire was blazing merrily.

木柴烧得正旺。

例句：

Three people died as wreckage blazed, and rescuers fought to release trapped drivers.

汽车残骸熊熊燃烧，三人葬身火海，救援人员奋力解救被困的司机们。

发光，照耀 [I]

例句：

The tree will blaze with lights on Christmas.

圣诞节时，这树将被灯饰缀得闪闪发光。

例句：

The gardens blazed with colour.

花园色彩绚丽。

连续射击（或开火） [I]

例句：

Guns were blazing, flares going up and the sky was lit up all around.

炮火不断，信号弹此起彼伏，四周的天空都被照亮了。

例句：

She took the gun and blazed away with calm and deadly accuracy.

她拿起枪，冷静地连续射击，弹无虚发。

爆发，迸发，激发，激动，发怒 [I]

例句：

She blazed up at the insult.

她因受侮辱而发怒。

例句：

Her eyes blazed when she saw him cheating.

当她看见他行骗时，她双眼直冒火。

公开宣布 [T]

例句：

Headlines blazed the most exciting news.

报纸用大标题公布了这个最激动人心的消息。

例句：

The news was blazed abroad.

这消息被宣扬出去了。

在树片上刻痕指示（道路等） [T]

例句：

You can blaze a trail.

你可以在树皮上刻痕标示林中路径。

二、词义辨析：

blaze,flame,flare,glow,glare,flash,glitter,twinkle,light

这些名词均含有“火焰、烈火、光”之意。blaze指猛烈燃烧所发生强烈的光。flame指一条或多条火舌，多用复数形式，指由许多火舌构成的大火。flare指摇曳的火焰。glow指像冶炼铁和钢时发出的红光。glare指眩目的光。flash指突然发出而随即消失的闪光。glitter指连续发出闪烁不定的光。twinkle指如星光等的闪烁。 light普通用词，指日、月、星或灯等的光。

三、相关短语：

blaze away

继续燃烧,连续发射;大声叫嚷,慷慨激昂地说

blaze out

突然燃烧起来,勃然大怒

blaze up

突然燃烧起来,勃然大怒

四、参考例句：

You can blaze a trail.

你可以在树皮上刻痕标示林中路径。

We will blaze new roads in modernization.

我们要在现代化方面开辟新的道路。

Dry wood makes a good blaze.

干木燃起夺目的火焰。

The sun set in a blaze of glory.

夕阳在壮丽的余辉中西沉。

It looks as if the blaze was started deliberately.

看起来似乎是有人蓄意纵火。

The tree will blaze with lights on Christmas.

圣诞节时，这树将被灯饰缀得闪闪发光。

The firemen were unable to control the blaze.

消防队员无法控制这场大火。

He was arrested in a blaze of publicity.

他在铺天盖地的报道中被捕了。

The campfire smoldered for hours after the blaze died out.

营火在火焰熄灭后闷烧了好几个小时。

Meteors usually blaze for only a few seconds.

流星往往只闪亮几秒钟。