inflame

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To set (something) on fire; to cause (something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle. transitive
    — We should have made retreat / By light of the inflamed fleet.
  2. To intensify or kindle (a feeling, such as appetite or passion); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat. figuratively,transitive
    — to inflame desire
  3. To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. transitive
    — It will inflame you; it will make you mad.
  4. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of. transitive
    — to inflame the eyes by overwork
  5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
    — A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes.
  6. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed. intransitive
    — You meditate upon the nerves, Inflame with hate. This ancient feud Is seldom won. […]

词形变化

inflames present,singular,third-person inflaming participle,present inflamed participle,past inflamed past enflame alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
disinflame inflamer reinflame
相关词
inflammable inflammation inflammatory

词源

From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen, from Old French enflammer (“to inflame”), from Latin inflammō (“to kindle, set on fire”, verb), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”), equivalent to in- + flame.
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