flame
US: /ˈfɫeɪm/
UK: /flˈeɪm/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
flame /fleim/- danh từ
- ngọn lửa
- to be in flames: đang cháy
- to burst into flames: bốc cháy
- ánh hồng
- the flames of sunset: ánh hồng lúc mặt trời lặn
- cơn, cơn bừng bừng
- a flame of snger: cơn giận
- a flame of infignation: cơn phẫn nộ
- (đùa cợt) người yêu, người tình
- an old flame of mine: một trong những người tình cũ của tôi
- to commit to the flames
- đốt cháy
- in fan the flame
- đổ dầu vào lửa
- ngọn lửa
- nội động từ
- ((thường) + away, forth, out, up) cháy, bốc cháy, cháy bùng
- bùng lên, bừng lên, nổ ra
- face flames with anger: mặt đỏ bừng vì tức giận
- anger flamed out: cơn giận nổi lên đùng đùng
- phừng phừng (như lửa)
- ngoại động từ
- ra (hiệu) bằng lửa
- hơ lửa
- sterilized by flaming: khử trùng bằng cách hơ vào lửa
- to flame out
- bốc cháy, cháy bùng
- nổi giận đùng đùng, nổi xung
- to flame up nh to flame out
- thẹn đỏ bừng mặt
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [C, U] a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from sth that is on fire: the tiny yellow flame of a match + The flames were growing higher and higher. + The building was in flames (= was burning). + The plane burst into flame(s) (= suddenly began burning strongly). + Everything went up in flames (= was destroyed by fire). + Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame (= on a gas cooker / stove). + The curtains were enveloped in a sheet of flame.
2 [U] a bright red or orange colour: a flame-red car
3 [C] (literary) a very strong feeling: a flame of passion
See also -
Idioms see ADD v., FAN v.
+ verb
1 (literary) to burn with a bright flame: [V] The logs flamed on the hearth. + (figurative) Hope flamed in her. [also V-ADJ]
2 (literary) (of a person's face) to become red as a result of a strong emotion; to make sth become red: [V] Her cheeks flamed with rage. [also V-ADJ, VN]
3 [VN] (informal) to send sb an angry or insulting message on the Internet
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 fire, blaze; conflagration:
The flame began to lick about my feet.
2 passion, fervour, ardour, intensity, warmth, fire, zeal, feverishness, enthusiasm, eagerness:
The flame of love is still burning.
3 boyfriend, girlfriend, lover, heartthrob, sweetheart, beau:
Linda is an old flame of Trevor's.
v.
4 burn, blaze, glow, flare:
Flaming embers from the chimney set fire to the roof. Here and there civil unrest flamed up in the countryside.
Collocation
1 hot bright stream of fire
ADJ.
hot | small | bright | pale | dancing, flickering, leaping | steady | naked
Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.
| candle, gas | Olympic
QUANT.
ball, sheet, tongue
The plane crashed in a ball of flames. Sheets of flame shot into the air.
VERB + FLAME
ignite, spark
(often figurative) His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.
| rekindle
(often figurative) They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.
| douse, extinguish, quench, snuff (out) | feel
(often figurative) She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.
FLAME + VERB
burn
The flame burnt brightly.
| grow | die, go out
The candle flame flickered and went out.
| leap, rise, shoot
Flames leapt from the burning house. Flames shot high into the air.
| lick (sth)
Orange flames were already licking round the foot of the stairs.
| dance, flicker
Flames danced in the gas lantern.
FLAME + NOUN
thrower
The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.
PHRASES
the crackle of flames 2 flames
fire
ADJ.
roaring
VERB + FLAME
be engulfed in, be in
A large part of the building was in flames.
| go up in
All the historical records have gone up in flames (= have been destroyed by fire).
| burst into, erupt in, explode in/into
The helicopter burst into flames.
| fuel
Oxygen tanks fuelled the flames.
| fan
Winds fanned the flames.
| shoot sb/sth down in
The aircraft was shot down in flames.
| fight
He fought the flames for two hours.
| control
Firefighters have been trying to control the flames.
| douse, extinguish, put out, quench, smother
Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
| be beaten back by
They tried to get into to the house but were beaten back by the flames.
FLAME + VERB
die down | spread, sweep through sth
They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn.
| engulf sth
The flames quickly spread and engulfed their home.
| light sth (up)
The flames lit up the skyline.
Concise dictionary
flames|flamed|flamingfleɪmnoun
+the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
verb
+shine with a sudden light
+be in flames or aflame
+criticize harshly, on the e-mail
