aflame

a·flame /əˈfleɪm/ adjectiveadj [not before noun]

1 BURNburning 着火的，燃烧着的 SYN ablaze

Most of the city was aflame.

该市大部分地方都被大火吞没。

2 BRIGHTvery bright with colour or light 明亮的 SYN ablaze

aflame with

trees aflame with autumn leaves

秋叶似火的树木

3. EMOTIONALfilled with strong emotions or excitement 激动的

—aflame adverbadv

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aflame• Most of the city was aflame, and bitter fighting had taken over the downtown suburbs.• The sky was aflame and though she tried not to think of the sunsets from Fernando's cliff-top it was virtually impossible.• The Great River swept sluggishly through meads that were aflame with buttercups and dotted with the last patches of melting snow.• Faces aflame with drink, grotesque moustaches, pot bellies ... I seemed to have stumbled into a painting by Hogarth.

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