詞彙精選：blaze的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
大火，烈火，火焰
例句：
Dry wood makes a good blaze.
幹木燃起奪目的火焰。
例句：
Five people died in the blaze.
有五人死於火災。
光輝，光彩
例句：
But this scientific blaze at Alexandria did not endure altogether for more than a century.
然而亞歷山大城科學界的光輝持續不到一百年。
例句：
I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of color.
我想把前花園裝點得五彩繽紛。
展現；爆發
例句：
Yet all to often, these rebels burn out in a blaze of glory.
不管怎麼說，這些叛逆行爲來自於榮耀地爆發。
例句：
One day, during all this training, Blaze showed that he was the best pupil in the training school.
一天，在所有這些訓練當中，貝雷茲展現出了他是訓練學校中優等生的風采。
大量
例句：
He was arrested in a blaze of publicity.
他在鋪天蓋地的報道中被捕了。
例句：
I'll tell you my sporting career that began in a blaze of glory.
我會給你講我那在一片榮耀中開始的體育生涯。
v.
熊熊燃燒，猛烈地燃燒 [I]
例句：
The log fire was blazing merrily.
木柴燒得正旺。
例句：
Three people died as wreckage blazed, and rescuers fought to release trapped drivers.
汽車殘骸熊熊燃燒，三人葬身火海，救援人員奮力解救被困的司機們。
發光，照耀 [I]
例句：
The tree will blaze with lights on Christmas.
聖誕節時，這樹將被燈飾綴得閃閃發光。
例句：
The gardens blazed with colour.
花園色彩絢麗。
連續射擊（或開火） [I]
例句：
Guns were blazing, flares going up and the sky was lit up all around.
炮火不斷，信號彈此起彼伏，四周的天空都被照亮了。
例句：
She took the gun and blazed away with calm and deadly accuracy.
她拿起槍，冷靜地連續射擊，彈無虛發。
爆發，迸發，激發，激動，發怒 [I]
例句：
She blazed up at the insult.
她因受侮辱而發怒。
例句：
Her eyes blazed when she saw him cheating.
當她看見他行騙時，她雙眼直冒火。
公開宣佈 [T]
例句：
Headlines blazed the most exciting news.
報紙用大標題公佈了這個最激動人心的消息。
例句：
The news was blazed abroad.
這消息被宣揚出去了。
在樹片上刻痕指示（道路等） [T]
例句：
You can blaze a trail.
你可以在樹皮上刻痕標示林中路徑。
二、詞義辨析：
blaze,flame,flare,glow,glare,flash,glitter,twinkle,light
這些名詞均含有“火焰、烈火、光”之意。blaze指猛烈燃燒所發生強烈的光。flame指一條或多條火舌，多用複數形式，指由許多火舌構成的大火。flare指搖曳的火焰。glow指像冶煉鐵和鋼時發出的紅光。glare指眩目的光。flash指突然發出而隨即消失的閃光。glitter指連續發出閃爍不定的光。twinkle指如星光等的閃爍。 light普通用詞，指日、月、星或燈等的光。
三、相關短語：
blaze away
繼續燃燒,連續發射;大聲叫嚷,慷慨激昂地說
blaze out
突然燃燒起來,勃然大怒
blaze up
突然燃燒起來,勃然大怒
四、參考例句：
You can blaze a trail.
你可以在樹皮上刻痕標示林中路徑。
We will blaze new roads in modernization.
我們要在現代化方面開闢新的道路。
Dry wood makes a good blaze.
幹木燃起奪目的火焰。
The sun set in a blaze of glory.
夕陽在壯麗的餘輝中西沉。
It looks as if the blaze was started deliberately.
看起來似乎是有人蓄意縱火。
The tree will blaze with lights on Christmas.
聖誕節時，這樹將被燈飾綴得閃閃發光。
The firemen were unable to control the blaze.
消防隊員無法控制這場大火。
He was arrested in a blaze of publicity.
他在鋪天蓋地的報道中被捕了。
The campfire smoldered for hours after the blaze died out.
營火在火焰熄滅後悶燒了好幾個小時。
Meteors usually blaze for only a few seconds.
流星往往只閃亮幾秒鐘。
