ablaze

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
美 /əˈbleɪz/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
    — 1791, The Bee, Volume 4, Short Chronicle of Events, 27 July, 1791, p. v, On entering the walls which surround the house, then all ablaze, a most dreadful conflict took place […]
  2. Radiant with bright light and color.
    — The Heav’ns are all a-blaze, the face of night Is cover’d with a sanguine dreadful light:
  3. In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
    — c. 1680, uncredited translator, An Essay upon the Action of an Orator by Michel Le Faucheur, London: Nicholas Cox, pp. 184-185, And this Fire of your Eyes easily strikes those of your Auditors, who have theirs constantly fixt upon yours; and it must needs set them a-blaze too upon the same Resentment and Passion.
副词 adv.
  1. On fire; in a blaze.
    — […] with the spontaneous combustion the house smouldered ablaze.
  2. Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.
  3. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

词形变化

more ablaze comparative most ablaze superlative more ablaze comparative most ablaze superlative

词汇关系

近义词
afire aflame
衍生词
set the world ablaze

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.
English a-
English blaze
English ablaze
From a- (“on, in”) + blaze (“flame”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.
English a-
English blaze
English ablaze
From a- (“on, in”) + blaze (“flame”).
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