spark

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɑːk/|[ˈspɑːk]    美 /ˈspɑɹk/|[ˈspɑɹk]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
  2. A gallant; a foppish young man.
    — The finest sparks and cleanest beaux.
  3. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
  4. A beau, lover.
  5. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
  6. A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire. figuratively
    — if any spark of life be yet remaining
  7. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
  8. A ship's radio operator.
  9. An electrician. UK,slang
    — At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes.
  10. A small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off.
  11. A diamond, especially one set in a piece of jewellery. in-plural,obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc). figuratively,transitive
    — The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages.
  2. To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau. archaic,intransitive
  3. To light; to kindle. transitive
    — Byron sparked the cigarette. He sucked it dramatically and thrust it into Marko's hand.
  4. To give off a spark or sparks. intransitive
  5. To shoot; to fire intransitive
    — [Streetlife]:Fuck a peace talk, let the gun spark, on the streets of New York.

词形变化

sparks plural sparks present,singular,third-person sparking participle,present sparked participle,past sparked past sparks plural sparks present,singular,third-person sparking participle,present sparked participle,past sparked past

词汇关系

衍生词
antispark belly spark bright spark jump spark macrospark microspark nanospark ocular spark spark anglemouth spark arrester spark arrestor spark bird spark coil sparkful spark gap sparkie spark knock sparkler sparkless sparklike sparkline spark of life spark out sparkover spark plug sparkproof sparks fly spark spread sparktastic spark test spark testing spark transmitter sparky spunk vital spark sparkle spark up respark sparkable spark off

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *sparkō
Old English spearca
Middle English sparke
English spark
From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from Proto-West Germanic *sparkō (compare Saterland Frisian Spoorke, West Frisian spark, Dutch spark, German Low German Sparke, German Sparke), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz (“lively, energetic”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“to strew, sprinkle”) (compare Breton erc’h (“snow”), Latin spargō (“to scatter, spread”), sparsus (“scattered”), Lithuanian sprógti (“to germinate”), Ancient Greek σπαργάω (spargáō, “to swell”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬈𐬔𐬀 (frasparega, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit पर्जन्य (parjanya, “rain, rain god”)).
词源 2
Probably Scandinavian, akin to Old Norse sparkr (“sprightly”).
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