spark

英 [spɑːk] 美 [spɑːrk]

• vi. 闪烁；冒火花；热情回应
• vt. 激发；引起；向...求爱
• n. 火星；朝气；情人；俗丽的年轻人

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 火花; 火星

   a small bit of burning material thrown out by a fire or by the striking together of two hard objects

2. [C] 丝毫,略微,一点点

   a very small but important bit

v. (动词)

1. vi. 发出火光

   give out sparks

2. vi. & vt. (使)大感兴趣

   show great interest in

3. vt. 导致

   lead to; be the immediate cause of

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 火星
2. 花花公子；翩翩少年；愉快的年轻人；纨绔子弟
3. 情郎
4. 焕发
5. 闪耀；闪光
6. 活力，生气
7. 丝毫，微量
8. 【电】火花
9. 求婚者，求爱者
10. 小钻石，小宝石
11. 《火花报》
12. (飞机或船舶上的)无线电报务员

v. 动词

1. 发动
2. 发出火花，爆出火花
3. 鼓舞，激励
4. <美口>求婚，求爱；向…求婚，向…求爱
5. 点燃
6. 飞出火星，迸发火星
7. 热烈赞同；热情回应
8. 使闪耀，使闪光
9. 用眼神表示
10. 讨好女人，追逐女性
11. 闪耀，闪光，闪烁
12. 引发，触发，激发
13. 使大感兴趣

英英释义

Noun:

1. a momentary flash of light

2. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance;

   "he had a sparkle in his eye"
   "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
   

3. electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

4. a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger;

   "a spark of interest"
   "a spark of decency"
   

5. Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

6. a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

Verb:

1. put in motion or move to act;

   "trigger a reaction"
   "actuate the circuits"
   

2. emit or produce sparks;

   "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. A tiny star can spark in the darkness.
   小星星也会在黑暗中发光。
2. Druce lit the cigar, which began to spark and crackle.
   德鲁斯点着一支雪茄，这支雪茄发出火花，噼噼啪啪地响起来。
3. He sparked to her plan.
   他欣然同意了她的计划。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. You can spark the spirit of enterprise.
   你们可以激发事业上的进取心。
2. The film you have watched can spark off a new idea.
   你看过的电影能激发新的想法。
3. I don't want to talk to her because it will only spark off a row.
   我不想同她说话，因为那只会引起争吵。
4. This proposal will spark another countrywide debate.
   这项提议会在全国范围内引起一场争论。
5. He sparked a girl on his birthday party.
   他在生日派对上向一个女孩求爱。

用作名词 (n.)

1. A cigarette spark started the fire.
   香烟的火星引起这场火灾。
2. Down came the hammer and out flew the spark.
   铁锤一落，火星四溅。
3. A little spark may kindle a great fire.
   星星之火可能酿成大火。
4. The vital spark in him makes him an artist.
   他生气勃勃的活力使他成为一个艺术家。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. A cigarette spark started the forest fire.
   香烟的火星引起了这场森林火灾。
2. We couldn't even raise a spark of interest for our plan.
   我们对自己的计划根本提不起一点兴趣。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. What made the electric wire spark?
   是什么使电线打火?
2. The damp wood crackled and sparked.
   潮湿的木头噼啪作响并爆出火花。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Fear of nuclear war sparked angry demonstrations.
   对核战争的恐惧触发了愤怒的示威游行。

经典引文

• The smallest spark of fire..would kindle the whole.

  出自： Swift

• I added more logs..sending up a spray of red sparks.

  出自： A. Brink

• The two ships grazed together with a flurry of sparks from the iron bolts clashing.

  出自： G. McCaughrean

• Who was the bright spark who convinced Wilson he should tax one portion of the..industry?

  出自：Toronto Star

• The anger fair sparked..from her dark, indignant eyes.

  出自： S. R. Crockett

• A love of sorts..sparked between them.

  出自： A. Taylor

• Erskine had been sparking Olive for well over a year.

  出自： B. Graeme

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

spark off (v.+adv.)

导致,为…的直接原因 lead to; be the immediate cause of
spark sth ⇔ off
His statement sparked off a quarrel between them.

他的话引起了他们之间的一场争斗。
Stories about the fall of the government sparked off much of the selling of shares.

有关政府倒台的说法使得股票抛售。
The explosive was sparked off by someone striking a match to light up a cigarette.

有人擦火柴点香烟,以致引起了爆炸。
The trouble was sparked off by an apparently harmless phrase.

这场麻烦是由一句明显无恶意的话引起的。

spark to (v.+prep.)

鼓舞,赞成 show great interest in sth
spark to sth
She sparked to the idea of an early start.

她热烈赞成早一点出发。 spark sb to sth
Our success sparked us to fresh efforts.

我们的成功鼓舞我们做进一步努力。
The discovery sparked us to further study.

这个发现鼓舞了我们去做进一步的研究。

spark with (v.+prep.)

发出火光 give out sparks
spark with sth
His eyes sparked with fury.

他两眼直冒怒火。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• emit a spark 冒出火星
• throw off sparks 火星四迸

形容词+～

• blue spark 蓝色的火花
• electric spark 电火花

～+介词

• sparks from the chimney 烟囱里冒出的火星
• a spark of life 生命的火花

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• spark cruelly 发出残酷地火花
• spark repeatedly 反复地闪光
• spark resoundingly 有共鸣地闪耀
• spark off 点燃,激发,发动,使产生
• spark off an explosive 引起爆炸

～+介词

• spark sb to fresh efforts (成就等)鼓舞某人作进一步努力
• spark with fury (两眼)冒怒火

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. spark用作名词时意思是“火花”,转化为动词意思是“发火花”“飞火星儿”“闪光”“闪耀”,引申可表示“导致”。spark还可表示“大感兴趣”,指对某事表示热烈赞同或欣然同意。
2. spark可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的spearca，意为火花。

近反义词

【近义词】

• flash
• glitter
• sparkle