blaze

• vt. 在树皮上刻路标；公开宣布
• n. 火焰，烈火；光辉；情感爆发
• vi. 燃烧；照耀，发光；激发
• n. (Blaze)人名；(法)布拉兹；(马其)布拉热

来自PIE *bhel, 燃烧，发光，同blank.

1. a strong flame that burns brightly;

"the blaze spread rapidly"

2. a cause of difficulty and suffering;

"war is hell"

"go to blazes"

3. noisy and unrestrained mischief;

"raising blazes"

4. great brightness;

"a glare of sunlight"

"the flowers were a blaze of color"

5. a light-colored marking;

"they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"

"the horse had a blaze between its eyes"

blaze

blaze: There are three distinct words blaze in English. The commonest, meaning ‘fire, flame’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic *blasōn. Its original signification was ‘torch’ (in the sense, of course, of a burning piece of wood or bunch of sticks), but by the year 1000 the main current meaning was established. The precise source of blaze ‘light-coloured mark or spot’ [17] is not known for certain, but there are several cognate forms in other Germanic languages, including Old Norse blesi and German blässe; perhaps the likeliest candidate as far as blaze is concerned is Middle Low German bles.

The verbal usage, as in ‘blaze a trail’ (that is, by making conspicuous marks on trees) originated in the mid 18th century. The related German adjective blass ‘pale’, which originally meant ‘shining’, points up the fact that ultimately these two words blaze are related, the primeval sense ‘shining’ having diverged on the one hand through ‘pale’, on the other through ‘glowing, burning’.

The third blaze, ‘proclaim’ [14], as in ‘blaze abroad’, is now seldom encountered. It originally meant ‘blow a trumpet’, and comes ultimately from the Indo-European base *bhlā- (source of blow). Its immediate source in English was Middle Dutch blāsen. Despite its formal and semantic similarity, it does not appear to have any connection with blazon [13], which comes from Old French blason ‘shield’, a word of unknown origin.

A blazer [19] got its name from being a brightly coloured jacket (from blaze meaning ‘fire, flame’). It originated among English university students in the late 19th century. According to a correspondent in the Daily News 22 August 1889, the word was originally applied specifically to the red jackets worn by members of the ‘Lady Margaret, St John’s College, Cambridge, Boat Club’.

But by the 1880s its more general application had become widely established: in the Durham University Journal of 21 February 1885 we read that ‘the latest novelty … for the river is flannels, a blazer, and spats’.
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blaze (n.1)

"bright flame, fire," Old English blæse "a torch, flame, firebrand, lamp," from Proto-Germanic *blas- "shining, white" (cognates: Old Saxon blas "white, whitish," Middle High German blas "bald," originally "white, shining," Old High German blas-ros "horse with a white spot," Middle Dutch and Dutch bles, German Blesse "white spot," blass "pale, whitish"), from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).

blaze (n.2)

"light-colored mark or spot," 1630s, northern English dialect, probably from Old Norse blesi "white spot on a horse's face" (from the same root as blaze (n.1)). A Low German cognate of the Norse word also has been suggested as the source. Applied 1660s in American English to marks cut on tree trunks to indicate a track; thus the verb meaning "to mark a trail;" first recorded 1750, American English. Related: Blazed; blazing.

blaze (v.2)

"make public" (often in a bad sense, boastfully), late 14c., perhaps from Middle Dutch blasen "to blow" (on a trumpet), from Proto-Germanic *blaes-an (cognates: German blasen, Gothic -blesan), from PIE *bhle-, variant of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).

blaze (v.1)

"to burn brightly or vigorously," c. 1200, from blaze (n.1). Related: Blazed; blazing.

blaze (v.3)

"to mark" (a tree, a trail), 1750, American English; see blaze (n.2).

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。

Dry wood makes a good blaze.

干木柴烧得旺。

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The gardens are a blaze of colour.

花园里姹紫嫣红。

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a blaze of lights in the city centre

市中心通明的灯火

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the bright blaze of the sun

太阳的光辉

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a blaze of glory

荣耀

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They got married in a blaze of publicity.

他们结婚的事受到了传媒大力宣扬。

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a blaze of anger/passion/hate

怒火 / 激情 / 仇恨的迸发

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What the blazes have you done?

你到底搞的什么名堂？

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Five people died in the blaze.

火灾中有五人丧生。

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The department is blazing a trail in the field of laser surgery.

这个部门正在为激光外科学领域开辟一条新路。

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In the distance machine guns were blazing.

机关枪在远处不停地射击。

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Her eyes were blazing with fury.

她的双眼燃烧着怒火。

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The story was blazed all over the daily papers.

那个传闻被各家报纸炒得沸沸扬扬。

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A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace.

壁炉中火烧得正旺。

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Within minutes the whole building was blazing.

不消几分钟整个大楼便成了一片火海。

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He rushed back into the blazing house.

他又返回，冲进了燃烧着的房子。

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The sun blazed down from a clear blue sky.

耀眼的阳光从清澈蔚蓝的天空中照射下来。

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The garden blazed with colour.

花园里姹紫嫣红。

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...the sporting career that began in a blaze of glory.

在一片荣耀中开始的体育生涯

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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。

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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。

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These surgeons have blazed the trail in the treatment of bomb victims.

这些外科医生在治疗炸伤方面开辟了新的道路。

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He was arrested in a blaze of publicity.

他在铺天盖地的报道中被捕了。

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Eva stood up and indignation blazed in her eyes...

伊娃站了起来，眼睛里燃烧着愤怒。

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He got to his feet and his dark eyes were blazing with anger...

他站起身来，乌黑的眼睛里喷射着怒火。

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The gardens blazed with colour.

花园色彩绚丽。

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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。

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The log fire was blazing merrily.

木柴烧得正旺。

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Two firemen were hurt in a blaze which swept through a tower block last night.

昨晚，一场大火吞噬了一座高层建筑，两位消防员被烧伤。

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