blaze
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they blaze | |
he / she / it blazes | |
past simple blazed | |
past participle blazed | |
-ing form blazing |
- [intransitive]
to burn brightly and strongly 熊熊燃烧 - [intransitive]
to shine brightly 闪耀;发亮光 - [intransitive] blaze (with something) (formal)
if somebody’s eyes blaze, they look extremely angry 怒视;(怒火)燃烧 - (also blazon)[transitive, usually passive] blaze something (across/all over something)
to make news or information widely known by telling people about it in a way they are sure to notice Topics TV, radio and newsc2大肆宣扬 - [intransitive] blaze (away)
if a gun or somebody using a gun blazes, the gun fires continuously 连续射击
Word Originverb senses 1 to 3 and verb sense 5 Old English blæse ‘torch, bright fire’, of Germanic origin; related ultimately to blaze ‘white spot or stripe on an animal's face’. verb sense 4 late Middle English (in the sense ‘blow out on a trumpet’): from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch blāzen ‘to blow’; related to the verb blow.
Idioms
(with) all/both guns blazing
- (informal)
with a lot of energy and determination 充满活力;精神抖擞 The champions came out (with) all guns blazing. 优胜者们神采奕奕地登场亮相。
blaze a trail
to be the first to do or to discover something that others follow compare trailblazer作开路先锋;领先