blaze
blaze — 動詞
1. (of a fire) to send out tall, fierce flames and a lot of light and heat.
熊熊燃燒
火焰高大、明亮且猛烈地燃燒
(of a fire) to send out tall, fierce flames and a lot of light and heat.
The campfire blazed under the stars while the children roasted marshmallows.
營火在星空下熊熊燃燒，孩子們一邊烤著棉花糖。
subject is fire/flame source
By midnight the old wooden barn was blazing on every side.
到了半夜，那座老木穀倉四面都在熊熊燃燒。
progressive: be blazing
Logs blazed in the stone fireplace and warmed the whole cabin.
木柴在石砌壁爐裡熊熊燃燒，整間小木屋都暖了起來。
Ines threw on more paper, and the bonfire blazed up at once.
Ines 又添了些紙，營火立刻熊熊燒了起來。
- smoulder
burn slowly without flame — opposite of blazing
文法句型
blaze (away)
the fire/sun blazes
用法筆記
Subject is almost always fire itself or something that is on fire (a building, a forest, a candle). For an angry-eyes meaning use sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. to give off very strong light or colour, or (of someone's eyes or face) to show
閃耀；冒火
光線、色彩或眼神強烈奪目地散發出來
to give off very strong light or colour, or (of someone's eyes or face) to show fierce anger or excitement.
The garden blazed with red and yellow tulips on Sunday morning.
週日早晨，花園裡紅黃相間的鬱金香一片光彩奪目。
blaze with + colour/light noun
Yara's eyes blazed when she heard the news about her stolen bike.
Yara 一聽到腳踏車被偷的消息，雙眼立刻燃起怒火。
of eyes: signals anger or strong emotion
The summer sun blazed down on the empty tennis court all afternoon.
夏日豔陽整個下午都炙烈地照射在空蕩的網球場上。
Every window of the palace blazed with light during the wedding party.
婚宴期間，王宮的每一扇窗都閃耀著燈光。
- dim
lose brightness — opposite of blazing
文法句型
something blazes with something
用法筆記
Subject is light, colour, eyes, or something brightly lit; never a person directly. 'Blaze with anger' uses 'eyes' or 'face' as subject, not the person.
常見錯誤
3. (of a gun, or of a person holding one) to shoot many bullets one after another w
連續開火
槍枝快速連發、一槍接一槍地射擊
(of a gun, or of a person holding one) to shoot many bullets one after another without stopping.
Machine guns blazed from the rooftop until the police arrived.
機關槍從屋頂上連續開火，直到警方趕到才停下。
subject is the weapon
The two officers blazed away at the metal targets on the practice range.
兩名警官在練習場上對著金屬靶猛烈連射。
blaze away at something
Farouk charged into the room with both pistols blazing.
Farouk 雙手各持一把手槍、一路掃射地衝進房間。
Soldiers in the trench blazed at anything that moved beyond the wire.
壕溝裡的士兵對任何在鐵絲網外移動的東西連續開火。
- hold fire
stop shooting — opposite of blazing away
文法句型
blaze away (at someone/something)
guns blazing
用法筆記
Almost always with 'away' or in the fixed phrase 'with (all) guns blazing' (literal or figurative: doing something forcefully and aggressively).
常見錯誤
4. to put news or a story in front of the public so loudly that everyone notices, e
大肆宣揚
把消息以醒目方式登在頭版或顯眼處
to put news or a story in front of the public so loudly that everyone notices, especially in newspaper headlines or on signs.
Her resignation was blazed across every front page on Monday morning.
她辭職的消息週一一早就被各大報紙的頭版大肆刊登。
passive: be blazed across something
The tabloids blazed Mayor Chen's bribery photos across their front pages for a fortnight.
各家八卦小報整整兩週都把 Mayor Chen 收賄的照片大肆刊登在頭版上。
active: subject + blazed + object + across
Ines saw her own photograph blazed on the side of every city bus.
Ines 看到自己的照片被大大地印在城裡每一輛公車的車身上。
The team's victory was blazed across giant screens in the town square.
球隊的勝利畫面被大大地播放在市中心廣場的巨型螢幕上。
- hush up
deliberately keep news quiet — opposite of blazing it
文法句型
blaze something across/all over something
用法筆記
Almost always in the passive (be blazed across/over/on). Subject of the active form is rarely seen in modern writing.
常見錯誤
blaze — 名詞
1. a strong fire, especially a large and dangerous one that destroys a building or
大火
強烈、常具破壞性的火災
a strong fire, especially a large and dangerous one that destroys a building or area; common in news writing.
Firefighters spent six hours fighting the blaze at the city library.
消防員花了六小時撲滅市立圖書館的大火。
fight/tackle a blaze (news collocation)
A blaze broke out in the kitchen of the hotel just after midnight.
午夜剛過，飯店廚房就竄出一場大火。
a blaze breaks out + location
Three families lost their homes in the warehouse blaze on Friday.
週五倉庫那場大火讓三個家庭失去了住所。
The blaze destroyed two shops before the rain finally stopped it.
這場大火燒毀了兩間店舖，最後才被雨水澆熄。
- fire
general word; 'blaze' is bigger and more dramatic
- inferno
even larger and more destructive than a blaze
- conflagration
formal; a huge destructive fire
文法句型
a blaze breaks out
fight/tackle a blaze
用法筆記
Strongly preferred in newspaper and TV-news language; in everyday speech 'fire' is far more common.
常見錯誤
2. a strong, eye-catching show of light, colour, sound, or feeling that everyone no
壯觀景象
光、色、聲或情感引人注目的盛大展現
a strong, eye-catching show of light, colour, sound, or feeling that everyone notices at once — for example a sky full of red sunset, or a star retiring at the height of fame.
The autumn maples filled the valley with a blaze of orange and gold.
秋天的楓樹讓整座山谷化為一片橘黃交錯的壯觀景象。
a blaze of + colour
The singer ended her career in a blaze of glory at Madison Square Garden.
這位歌手在 Madison Square Garden 風光無限地結束了她的演藝生涯。
in a blaze of glory (set phrase)
The new film opened in a blaze of publicity across thirty countries.
這部新電影在三十個國家以鋪天蓋地的宣傳聲勢上映。
Farouk walked onto the stage to a blaze of camera flashes.
Farouk 走上舞台時，相機閃光燈如潮水般不斷閃爍。
文法句型
a blaze of something
用法筆記
Strongly collocational: 'a blaze of glory / publicity / colour / light'. Outside these patterns this sense sounds odd.
常見錯誤
3. a pale strip of fur, usually white, running from a horse's or dog's forehead dow
面部白斑
馬狗等動物臉部中央的淡色長條斑紋
a pale strip of fur, usually white, running from a horse's or dog's forehead down towards its nose.
The brown pony had a thin white blaze running from its ears to its nose.
那匹棕色小馬從耳朵到鼻子有一道細細的白色面斑。
blaze + position phrase
Judges noticed the small blaze on the colt's forehead during the morning show.
在早場比賽中，評審注意到那匹小公馬額頭上小小的白斑。
Our old sheepdog has a soft cream blaze between his eyes.
我們家的老牧羊犬兩眼之間有一道柔和的奶油色面斑。
Each foal in the field carried a different blaze on its face.
田裡每一匹小馬臉上的白斑形狀都不一樣。
文法句型
a blaze on the face/forehead
用法筆記
Used mainly by horse owners, breeders, and vets. Often paired with descriptive adjectives of width or shape (thin, broad, narrow).
常見錯誤
4. used in the phrase 'the blazes' inside angry questions like 'what the blazes' or
搞什麼鬼
在憤怒疑問句中加重語氣的舊式說法
used in the phrase 'the blazes' inside angry questions like 'what the blazes' or 'why the blazes' to add force when you are upset or amazed.
What the blazes is going on in the kitchen at this hour?
這個時間到底在廚房裡搞什麼鬼？
what the blazes + question
Why the blazes did Ines drive all the way to Taipei without telling us?
Ines 究竟為什麼一聲不吭地開車跑去台北？
why the blazes + clause
Where the blazes did I leave my reading glasses this morning?
我今天早上到底把老花眼鏡丟到哪裡去了？
How the blazes did the cat get on top of the wardrobe again?
那隻貓究竟是怎麼又爬上衣櫥頂的？
文法句型
what/why/how/where the blazes …?
用法筆記
An old-fashioned softer alternative to 'the hell'. Always plural in this fixed pattern. Mainly British and dated; may sound humorous to younger speakers.