Spark
[spɑːk] or [spɑrk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction.
(noun.) Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918).
(noun.) a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; 'a spark of interest'; 'a spark of decency'.
(verb.) emit or produce sparks; 'A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark'.
整理:奥利维亚--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.
(n.) A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
(n.) That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.
(n.) A brisk, showy, gay man.
(n.) A lover; a gallant; a beau.
(v. i.) To sparkle.
(v. i.) To play the spark, beau, or lover.
錄入:索尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Sparkle, scintillation, particle of fire, scintilla.[2]. Germ, element, active principle.[3]. Gallant, beau, buck; gay, dashing fellow.
杰奎琳編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a small ignited particle shot off from a burning body: any small shining body or light: a small portion of anything active or vivid: a gay sprightly person a lover a beau.—v.i. to emit sparks: to play the gallant.—adj. Spark′ish gay jaunty showy.
手打:凯西
例句/造句/用法:
- And the twilight, as she now sought to pierce it, was gradually lighted by a faint spark of reassurance. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He now presented his knuckle to the key, and received a strong spark. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The spark remained stationary for a moment, then moved back again in the direction from which it had advanced. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Professor Hertz proved in 1888 that a spark, or disruptive discharge of electricity, caused electro-magnetic waves to radiate away in all directions through the ether. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Next morning's papers explained that it was but some loose drapery on which a spark had fallen, and which had blazed up and been quenched in a moment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He also by use of the electric spark caused the oxygen and nitrogen of the air to unite to form nitric acid. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- As there was no limit to the distance that electricity would travel there seemed no reason why these dots and dashes, or sparks and spaces, should not be sent all around the world. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- By connecting X to the gas-pipe we drew sparks from the gas-pipes in any part of the room by drawing an iron wire over the brass jet of the cock. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The engines and dynamos made a horrible racket, from loud and deep groans to a hideous shriek, and the place seemed to be filled with sparks and flames of all colors. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The tinder was damp,--no wonder there,--and one after another the sparks died out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Mr Boffin took his nose in his hand, as if it were already excoriated, and the sparks were beginning to fly out of that feature. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- No gleam of fire, no glittering shower of sparks, no roar of bellows; all shut up, and still. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The same effect would be produced if the disc, during its rotation, were seen by successive electric sparks. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- This mixture is ignited by an automatic, electric sparking device, and the explosion of the gases drives the piston _P_ to the right. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Cuneus, a pupil of Muschenbroeck, was one day trying to charge some water in a glass bottle with electricity by connecting it with a chain to the sparking knob of an electrical machine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
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