blaze
/bleɪz/
verb [I]
* to burn brightly and strongly
熊熊燃烧

1. The sun was blazing down that afternoon.
那天下午烈日炎炎。

literary
* to be brightly lit or full of colour
闪耀；发亮光

1. Isaac's eyes suddenly blazed with anger.
艾萨克的眼里突然冒出怒火。

/bleɪz/
verb [I]
blaze a trail
* to do something that has never been done before
开拓道路；起先导作用

1. Elvis Presley blazed a trail in pop music.
猫王普里斯莱在流行音乐领域开创了新潮流。

/bleɪz/
noun [C]
FIRE 火
* a large strong fire
大火，烈火

1. Firefighters took two hours to control the blaze.
消防队员花了两个小时才控制住大火。

/bleɪz/
noun [C]
STRONG EFFECT 强烈效果
a blaze of sth
* something that has a sudden very powerful or noticeable effect
灿烂；炫目；绚烂

1. The garden is a blaze of colour in autumn.
秋天花园里姹紫嫣红。

2. His book was launched in a blaze of publicity.
他的书在大张旗鼓的宣传下上市销售。

/bleɪz/
noun [C]
MARK 斑点
* a white mark on the face of a horse or other animal
（马等动物面部的）白斑

/bleɪz/
noun [C]
go to blazes old-fashioned informal
* used to tell someone to go away
走开！

/bleɪz/
noun [C]
what the blazes... ? old-fashioned informal
* used to give force to something you feel angry about
（用于增强愤怒的语气）到底…？ 究竟…？

1. What the blazes did he do that for?
他到底为甚么那么做?

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blaze
blaze / bleiz / verb1. [V] to burn brightly and strongly
   熊熊燃烧:
   A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace.
   壁炉中火烧得正旺。
   Within minutes the whole building was blazing.
   不消几分钟整个大楼便成了一片火海。
   He rushed back into the blazing house.
   他又返回,冲进了燃烧着的房子。
2. [V] to shine brightly
   闪耀；发亮光:
   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。
   The garden blazed with colour.
   花园里姹紫嫣红。
3. [V] ~ (with sth) (formal) if sb's eyes blaze, they look extremely angry
   怒视；(怒火)燃烧:
   Her eyes were blazing with fury.
   她的双眼燃烧着怒火。
4. (also blazon)
   [VN] [usually passive] ~ sth (across / all over sth) to make news or information widely known by telling people about it in a way they are sure to notice
   大肆宣扬:
   The story was blazed all over the daily papers.
   那个传闻被各家报纸炒得沸沸扬扬。
5. ~ (away) if a gun or sb using a gun blazes, the gun fires continuously
   连续射击:
   In the distance machine guns were blazing.
   机关枪在远处不停地射击。
 IDIOMS 
▪ blaze a 'trail
   to be the first to do or to discover sth that others follow
   作开路先锋；领先:
   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。
⇨ compare trailblazer
⇨ more at gun n.
 PHRASAL VERBS 
▪ 7blaze 'up
1. to suddenly start burning very strongly
   (突然)熊熊燃烧起来
2. to suddenly become very angry
   突然动怒noun1. [C] (used especially in newspapers 尤用于报章) a very large fire, especially a dangerous one
   烈火；火灾:
   Five people died in the blaze.
   火灾中有五人丧生。
2. [sing.] strong bright flames in a fire
   火焰:
   Dry wood makes a good blaze.
   干木柴烧得旺。
3. [sing.] a ~ of sth a very bright show of lights or colour; an impressive or noticeable show of sth
   (光或色彩等的)展现:
   The gardens are a blaze of colour.
   花园里姹紫嫣红。
   a blaze of lights in the city centre
   市中心通明的灯火
   the bright blaze of the sun
   太阳的光辉
   a blaze of glory
   荣耀
   They got married in a blaze of publicity.
   他们结婚的事受到了传媒大力宣扬。
4. [sing.] (a) ~ of sth a sudden show of very strong feeling
   (感情)迸发；发泄:
   a blaze of anger / passion / hate
   怒火/激情/仇恨的迸发
5. [C, usually sing.] a white mark on an animal's face
   动物面部的白斑
▪ what / where / who the 'blazes...?
   (old-fashioned, informal) used to emphasize that you are annoyed and surprised, to avoid using the word 'hell'
   (委婉语,烦恼和惊奇时说,与 hell 同义):
   What the blazes have you done?
   你到底搞的什么名堂？
▪ like blazes    (old-fashioned, informal) very hard; very fast
   猛烈地；迅速地

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blaze

I. noun

• ADJECTIVE fierce, huge (esp. BrE), intense, massive

• VERB + BLAZE attend (BrE), battle, fight, tackle (esp. BrE) The fire brigade attended the ~. | Firefighters are battling those ~s in five counties. | start An electrical overload may have started the ~. | bring under control, control, get under control | extinguish, put out

• BLAZE + VERB spread, sweep through sth The ~ swept through the whole building.

• PREPOSITION in a/the ~ The antiques were destroyed in a ~ last year.

II. verb

Blaze is used with these nouns as the subject: bonfire, cheek, eye, fire, gun, log
Blaze is used with these nouns as the object: path

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blaze
 In addition to the idiom beginning with blaze, also see hot as blazes; like greased lightning.

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blaze verb
⇨ burn 1

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blaze

noun
1 twenty firemen fought the blaze
FIRE , flames, conflagration, inferno, holocaust, firestorm.

2 the blaze of light from the security lamps
GLARE , gleam, flash, burst, flare, dazzle, streak, radiance, brilliance, beam, glitter.

3 he left in a blaze of anger | a blaze of publicity
OUTBURST ,
BURST , eruption, flare-up, explosion, outbreak, blow-up; blast, attack, fit, spasm, paroxysm, access, rush, gale, flood, storm, hurricane, torrent, outpouring, surge, upsurge, spurt, effusion, outflow, outflowing, welling up; informal splurt; rare ebullition, boutade.

verb
1 the fire blazed merrily
BURN , be ablaze, be alight, be on fire, be in flames, flame, be aflame, flare up; poetic/literary be afire; archaic be ardent.

2 he drove straight through the crowd, lights blazing
SHINE , beam, flash, flare, glare, gleam, glint, dazzle, glitter, glisten, be radiant, burn brightly.

3 soldiers blazed away with sub-machine guns
FIRE (AWAY) , shoot (away), blast (away), let fly; discharge.

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blaze 燃烧
来自PIE→*bhel, 燃烧，发光，词源同blank.

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