| [/spɑːk; spɑrk/] n 用法:
1 [C] (a) tiny glowing particle thrown off from sth burning or produced when two hard substances (eg stone, metal, flint) are struck together 火花; 火星:
Sparks from the fire were flying up the chimney. 火星沿著烟囱向上飘. *
The firework exploded in a shower of sparks. 烟火炸开放出一阵火花. *
Rubbing stones together produces sparks to start a fire. 用石头相擦可产生火花用来引火.
(b) flash of light produced by the breaking of an electric current （切断电流而产生的）电火花:
a faulty light switch sending out sparks 冒著火花的有故障的电灯开关. 用法:
2 [sing] ~ of sth trace (of a particular quality) （某特质的）极微的量:
He hasn't a spark of generosity in him. 他一点也不慷慨. *
without a spark of enthusiasm 没有丝毫的积极性. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) a bright spark => bright. make the fur/sparks fly => fly2. spark 2
v [I] 用法:
1 give out sparks (spark 1); producesparks 发出火花; 冒火星:
The fire is sparking dangerously.那堆火迸出火星, 十分危险. 用法:
2 (phr v) spark sth off (infml) be the immediate cause of (usu sth bad); lead to sth 直接导致（尤指坏事）; 引发某事:
His comment sparked off a quarrel between them. 他提的意见引起了他们之间的争吵. *
The incident sparked off a whole chain of disasters. 那件事惹出了一连串的灾祸. |