aflame

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

1 BURNburning 着火的，燃燒着的 SYN ablaze

Most of the city was aflame.

該市大部分地方都被大火吞沒。

2 BRIGHTvery bright with colour or light 明亮的 SYN ablaze

aflame with

trees aflame with autumn leaves

秋葉似火的樹木

3. EMOTIONALfilled with strong emotions or excitement 激動的

—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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