flame
noun/fleɪm/
Слово англійською: flame
Переклад flame українською: полум'я
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire
- the tiny yellow flame of a match
- The room was filled with smoke and flames.
- to douse/extinguish the flames
- in flames 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.
- (British English) Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.
- (North American English) an open flame
- [uncountable] a bright red or orange colour
- a flame-red car
- [countable] (literary) a very strong feeling
- His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.
- [countable] (informal) an angry or offensive message sent to somebody by email or on the internet, typically in quick response to another message
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’.
Idioms
fan the flames (of something)
- to make a feeling such as anger, hate, etc. worse
- His writings fanned the flames of racism.