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noun bleɪzbleɪz 1A very large or fiercely burning fire. 大火，烈火 twenty firemen fought the blaze 20名消防队员与大火搏斗。 Example sentencesExamples - As the threat began to diminish, authorities also began to make plans to send home some of thousands of firefighters battling blazes scattered from San Diego County to Los Angeles suburbs.
- A boy seriously burned in a fire that killed his older brother eight years ago has saved his younger brother and sister from another blaze at their Bradford home.
- Three fire engines attended the blaze, described by firemen as ‘very serious’, just before midday.
- Supposedly this ultra-intense blaze was caused by a man with a cigarette lighter and a ‘carton of flammable liquid’.
- Police suspect arsonists lit about half the blazes and six people have been arrested.
- Three perished in house blazes and one was killed when two vehicles crashed and burst into flames.
- The 7,500-acre blaze is only half contained and may pick up as the day gets warmer.
- Authorities are anxious to douse this blaze and begin dealing with its aftermath.
- Authorities say this blaze ignited after construction workers hit a gas line.
- In the middle of that rooftop blaze, the scene turned into slow motion for him.
- There's already six aircraft that have been battling this blaze for the last few hours.
- A rookie firefighter who was on his first day's duty with Keighley's Blue Watch has been praised for his actions when he was called to an horrific death blaze.
- Despite the warnings, fires have begun raging again in the center of Suva and the fire department has called back all firefighters on leave to help battle the blazes.
- Hundreds of firefighters yesterday battled about 70 blazes across New South Wales, as strong winds and unusually warm spring weather fed the flames.
- The biggest trouble is in the northern part of the state, this blaze about 150 miles north of San Francisco.
- The smoke began to pour out of it as the sudden blaze died down.
- Paul last found himself in America three years ago, when he was part of an 11,000-man team put together to tackle a major forest blaze.
- In August of that year, there were 10,000 firefighters and operations people battling blazes in Region One alone.
- In July and early August, firefighting crews have battled blazes in nearly every Western state.
- Nineteen firefighters from both district and city fire departments fought the blaze with six trucks and high pressure hoses.
Synonyms fire, flames, conflagration, inferno, holocaust, firestorm - 1.1in singular A very bright display of light or colour.
灿烂的光辉；斑斓的色彩 the gardens in summer are a blaze of colour 夏日的花园五彩缤纷。 Example sentencesExamples - Prime times to visit the county are without doubt during the Spring, when the blossoming apple orchards are a blaze of colour, or in the Autumn, during the harvest.
- At the moment the course is a blaze of colour and it is a privilege to tread the lush fairways and lightning fast greens.
- As my eyes adjusted, to the new world around me, everything was a glare then a blaze of ambers.
- But there's an irony and self-awareness at work in some of these books, hiding inside a blaze of pink.
- All these combined with seasonal foliage and exotic flowers enable superb arrangements to be created, which filled the stage with a blaze of colour.
- In the spring the rhododendrons and azaleas offer a blaze of colour.
- His wings were the vivid colors of fire, his head-feathers an equally bright blaze of mingled orange and red.
- Grass, ivy, and nearly 150 trees connect and soften the campus' blaze of white and concrete.
- Blackpool will erupt in a blaze of colour tonight when the town's world-famous Illuminations blossom into life.
- During the warm and shining spring flower blossoming season, you can enjoy a blaze of colour here, with lovely flowers everywhere.
- The sun setting in the far north west went down in a blaze of red and blended so gently into a moonlit night that it seemed as if it hadn't set at all.
- The lonely front door comes alive in a red and yellow blaze, the reflection of a gas station sign.
- Central London became a blaze of colour as thousands of people from all walks of life joined a massive parade in a spectacular finale to the Jubilee celebrations.
- It is breathtaking, and brings the city into a blaze of colour on a cold winter's night.
- I recently visited Doncaster and their floral displays were a blaze of colour.
- The girls arrived into school in a blaze of colour wearing football, hurling, soccer and rugby jerseys and helped to raise a terrific 500.
- The fun will culminate once again in a blaze of colour with an Atlantis carnival parade through the town centre from 10.30 am on Saturday.
- Hector shut his eyes, to see his inner world, a blaze of swirling pearly colours.
- Hanging baskets, flower tubs and borders are now a blaze of colour.
- The bulbs were sponsored by local business people and everyone is looking forward to Spring when the road sides should be a blaze of colour.
Synonyms glare, gleam, flash, burst, flare, dazzle, streak, radiance, brilliance, beam, glitter - 1.2in singular A conspicuous display or outburst of something.
〈喻〉引人注目的展示（或呈现）；迸发 White ended the season in a blaze of glory, with seven goals in as many games their relationship broke up in a blaze of publicity 他们的关系在众目睽睽之下破裂了。 Example sentencesExamples - But - and here's the surprising bit - it failed to provoke me into a blaze of mouth-frothing, righteous anger.
- Sumner's eight phone extensions lit up as a blaze of incoming phone calls fought their way to his attention all with orders for him to execute.
- In each case, however, the concern was expressed with care and knowledge, rather than being sublimated in a blaze of polemic.
- This is where my last vestiges of immaturity come out in final blaze of glory.
- An urgent week-long White House effort to stop the blaze of anger has had some success.
- I was too much at risk from the smoulder of his irritability, sudden blazes of rage, to see his deep disappointment with life.
- This is a classic lightning blaze of good-times rock 'n' roll.
- There was less enthusiasm from her school, where this sudden blaze of publicity was seen as no more than an embarrassment.
- The poky Austrian farm building is filled with a blaze of noise, colour and light.
- She screamed, and went into a fanatical frenzy, pushing aside her weariness for one last blaze of glory.
- What we have, then, is a career that appeared to become arrested in mid-flow, which subsequently recovered in a blaze of congratulation.
- With the release of the new movie The Lord of the Rings, there'll be a blaze of T-shirts, caps, all the usual commercial hoo-ha.
- Long and bitter patent actions brought against him by the Wright brothers have only provided tinder for this blaze of confusion.
- Lin had scarcely been released in a blaze of unfavorable publicity when the Immigration Department was at it again.
- He burst onto the scene in a blaze of very quick and intimidatory bowling.
- Debates help them break through the blaze of hyperbolic attacks and confusing countercharges.
- Since the currency was launched in a blaze of euphoria it has failed dismally to realise the potential which its supporters claimed it offered.
- It was a three-day-long blaze of celebration and enjoyment.
- The festival was launched in a blaze of music, singing and dancing in Riverstown on Friday night last, August 2.
- One must prolong the periods between productivity so that each complete Work can be released upon the unsuspecting public in a blaze of sycophantic publicity.
Synonyms outburst, burst, eruption, flare-up, explosion, outbreak, blow-up
2blazesinformal Used in various expressions of anger, bewilderment, or surprise as a euphemism for ‘hell’ 〈非正式〉 作委婉语，代替hell，表示愤怒、困惑或惊奇地狱 ‘Go to blazes!’ he shouted “见鬼去吧！”他高声喊道。 what the blazes are you all talking about? 你们大家到底在谈些什么来着？ Example sentencesExamples - What the blue blazes is throat-singing?
- And, because there was something slightly supercilious in his voice, I almost told him to go to blazes, and then I thought, hold on: he's right.
- How in blue blazes were you supposed to know you'd end up on the wrong side of a Mafia don?
- In fact, it hurt like the bloody blue blazes, which was not a great surprise, considering that I thought I was dying.
- How in blue blazes am I to know where this program gets its data from?
- How in blue blazes did that kid manage to tame the untamable?
- The only problem is, how in blue blazes do I wait so long for the movie to be showing somewhere near me?
Synonyms outburst, burst, eruption, flare-up, explosion, outbreak, blow-up
verb bleɪzbleɪz [no object]1Burn fiercely or brightly. 猛烈燃烧，熊熊燃烧 炉火欢快地熊熊燃烧着。 Example sentencesExamples - Two flatbed military trucks were abandoned with their cabs blazing fiercely as dozens of townspeople converged to loot tires and other vehicle parts.
- Enemy planes make daylight and night attacks on port, scoring a direct hit on supply ship which blazes fiercely till next morning when it is sunk.
- A fire blazing brightly in the fireplace meant warmth and comfort but at a deeper level also meant survival and the perpetuation of life itself.
- He said the fires had been blazing for so long that some of them had actually burned themselves out for lack of oxygen.
- And once the fire was blazing away merrily, Sudarshan turned to his next course of action - clean away the cobwebs.
- I got back this morning from a weekend away and the gas hob is still blazing away merrily to itself.
- Soon he had a fire blazing away merrily and Krystal came over to stand next to him.
- One more directed push and a fire was blazing merrily, filling the wet dark cave with flickering orange light.
- The wagon began to blaze merrily in the morning light, and the driver barely escaped the inferno in time.
- Stuffed into the neck of the bottle was a flame engulfed rag, blazing brightly.
- One by one the ten rings blazed brightly with orange and red flame, but Lauren still would not talk.
- The bright flame blazed in the open night, and over it roasted a skewered boar.
- It's Sunday morning and after burning for three nights our straw-stack fire has stopped blazing.
- A fireplace set in one wall blazed fiercely, keeping the room and the food set on an iron grid before it, warm.
- Fire still blazed fiercely in front of the small family, preventing any form of escape.
- All around the room, brilliant flames leapt up, hot and cold by turns, blazing brightly in six niches set into the walls.
- She was almost off her feet as she was watching the rocket rising into the sky with orange flames blazing.
- Also notable are the fire barrels that blaze brightly during the nocturnal hours.
- A wood burner will blaze merrily away through the coldest of the hours.
- About 5.00 am mark the Paschal Fire will be set alight and it will be blazing brightly in the sky as people file up for the 6.00 am Mass.
Synonyms burn, be ablaze, be alight, be on fire, be in flames, flame, be aflame, flare up literary be afire archaic be ardent - 1.1blaze up Burst into flame.
熊熊燃烧 he attacked the fire with poker and tongs until it blazed up 他用拨火棍和钳子用力通火，直到火旺起来。 Example sentencesExamples - The horse trotted toward her, the fire blazed up, and Jill fainted.
- Fire blazed up in fury and the girl ran outside and watched the house she once lived in go up in flames.
- The firewood, soaked in oil, blazed up immediately, and his boat became a beacon of flame, drifting downstream towards Lake Tallian.
- The fire blazed up, crackling, in the pit, and the torches shed their dancing light from their iron holders on the walls.
- I turned and saw his outline, arms akimbo, with the fire blazing up behind him.
- The inferno that now blazed up showed the whole camp what was happening.
- Flames immediately blazed up and filled the den with warmth.
- The wall, the windows, and everything in the room, except the floors, blazed up.
- When a steady flame blazed up in the kerosene lantern James had been carrying, Pilate's strong hand shoved Ivan into the cool darkness.
- The fire was brought under control only to blaze up again on Wednesday.
- 1.2 Shine brightly or powerfully.
照耀，强烈照射 阳光火辣辣地照射下来。 figurative Barbara's eyes were blazing with anger 〈喻〉巴巴拉的眼中充满怒火。 Example sentencesExamples - The city of Tokyo was blazing with high flashing lights of red, blue, white, and yellow.
- Suddenly, a light blazes forth from the center of the symbol on the table, shaped like an eye.
- His blades, still blazing with a powerful energy, cut through Strife's scorching aura without the slightest resistance.
- Blinding white light shone into the room, silhouetting a tall figure standing in the doorway, hands blazing with power.
- Every day the hot sun blazed down upon the little village, and never not once in many months did a drop of rain fall.
- There was a brilliant pattern of purples and oranges blazing across the sky, with a few small clouds blazing with the sun's reflection.
- Although it threatens to flicker out in spots, Pawn Shoppe Heart mostly blazes with an intensity that avoids sounding contrived or dated.
- He turned to Ryan again, his eyes now blazing with anger.
- Yesterday, the sun that has faded the Union Jack hanging from the church tower blazed down, and veterans who once had to fight their way in were welcomed as honoured friends.
- The sun blazed down and my sunscreen dealer was calling me again.
- Globes of light blazed up and down its length, and the white rectangles painted on asphalt glowed unearthly.
- She rolled her head to him, her neck blazing with instant pain.
- The central region of the small galaxy NGC 1705 blazes with the light of thousands of young and old stars.
- Take a look: the hibiscus at the letterbox doesn't seem to think it's Winter, otherwise she wouldn't be blazing like a flame the size of a dinner plate.
- Telepathic communication was something that she had never thought to use and already her mind was blazing with the new avenues that it opened up.
- Outside, the sun blazed down from a shimmering sky, as it had for most of the day.
- This summer, the big screens are blazing with that favourite goose of the unimaginative exec: the comic-book adaptation.
- In front of him, however, the screen was blazing with color, and the same boy was on the television, pushing his way through a dense forest.
- Brand new floodlights blazed down on Parkside, but it was lights out for them as Workington Town gave them a lesson in teamwork and finishing.
- The Marine's eyes blazed fiercely, her lips set in a grim line as her hair drifted, hiding the bandages on her face.
Synonyms shine, beam, flash, flare, glare, gleam, glint, dazzle, glitter, glisten, be radiant, burn brightly
2Fire a gun repeatedly or indiscriminately. （枪，射击者）连续射击；乱射，狂射，不分青红皂白地射击 they stormed with main entrance with guns blazing Example sentencesExamples - Even if Wayne's friend's wife had been able to come out of the room guns blazing, her husband would still in all likelihood have been shot.
- If, on the other hand, you want to charge through, guns blazing, you will be punished by the game's insane scarcity of ammunition.
- The 12 single-player missions require careful tactics: charge straight at the enemy, all guns blazing, and you will soon be dead.
- Since you're on a timer to go from the insertion point to the extraction point, you have to run around with guns blazing.
- There are scenes that you've written of the captain ordering all the guns blazing from the ship up the river, out into the bushland.
- They don't coordinate, they haven't blown the bridges, they just blaze away.
- Certainly no maverick hero is allowed to dash in just in time with guns blazing.
- Most likely we will see a lot of guns blazing, ridiculously incredible jumping stunts and other Hollywood's Best Stuntmen TV show fodder.
- The gunmen stormed the main entrance with guns blazing, and took several hundred shocked staff, visitors and patients hostage.
- Repression has led to the emergence of a ‘suicide family’ in our midst, complete with women taking to the streets with guns blazing.
- Occasionally, on the outskirts of the isolated impact area, you could hear tanks firing machine guns and blazing their cannons.
- Because lasting solutions to longstanding conflicts demand dialogue and compromise - very hard to do with guns blazing in one's face.
- Scores of men and women, masked and wearing bomb belts, burst out of the vehicles, hijacked in neighbouring Ingushetia, and into the playground with guns blazing.
- Then, in another few seconds, he was joined by the two agents that had come with the Lieutenant Governor, and they blazed away with their riot guns in the same direction.
- We're never less than, oh, perhaps 400 yards back from the first vehicle as it's blazing away with its guns.
- They're always prepared to go in guns blazing but the job is best done if a shot is never fired.
- A tank, guns blazing, fills the downtown of Jenin with a diesel smokescreen to enforce a curfew order.
- In some scenes Bond brazens it out, fists flailing or guns blazing, to pick off the enemy, but most of the time greater cunning is needed.
- Let me explain to the PM why he needs to take crash courses in combat and go out there in the field with guns blazing.
Synonyms fire (away), shoot (away), blast (away), let fly discharge 3informal Achieve something in an impressive manner. 〈非正式〉夺取，摘取 she blazed to a gold medal in the 200-metre sprint 她在200米短跑赛中勇夺金牌。 Example sentencesExamples - The blast of the starting gun seemed to still echo through the Alaskan countryside when the Navy team came blazing up to the first checkpoint.
- Now blazing up the airwaves, the girls are preparing themselves for the deal that will take them through to the big time.
- Truck owners may dig shots of pickups blazing up mountains, but they also want to know about things like horsepower and torque.
- As a receiver, Berrian can leap over defenders to pull down a ball or he can blaze past them for a gamebreaking score with his incredible speed.
- You should be able to check this game out rather cheap, it's not new and I don't think it blazed up the charts.
- 3.1with object Hit (a ball) with impressive strength.
大力击（球） he blazed a drive into the rough 他猛力抽球，把球击到了深草区。 Example sentencesExamples - On the turnover, it was Tallow who made the impressive start as Colm Geary raced in only to blaze the ball over the bar with the goal at his mercy.
- He looked up, thought about it for a moment and then blazed the ball into the far corner beyond the despairing fingers of O'Malley.
- Very rarely do you see him blaze a chance high or wide.
- He beat two further defenders to work his way into the penalty area and just as everyone thought he was going to end his barren run in front of goal, he snatched at the opportunity and blazed the ball high and wide.
- Knight headed on to Cormack, who found himself free at the far post again, but he blazed the ball across goal from eight yards.
- Alas the old problems returned as the ball was blazed a yard over.
- The former Celtic striker picked himself up, dusted himself down, took a deep breath and blazed his spot-kick over the bar.
- The former England skipper evoked memories of less happy days with the national side when he blazed an injury time spot-kick over the bar and at the same time passed up on the opportunity to end his career on 100 goals.
- Justice was served as the spot kick was blazed over the bar.
- He gathered a ball on the right of the goal, jinked inside two tackles and even though he was half-tripped he regained his feet to blaze the ball to the corner of the net.
- PJ was unlucky to miss a goal when he blazed the ball over the crossbar.
- She collected a high centre from Caroline McGing, despite her two shadows, and blazed the ball to the roof of the net.
- He seemed a little surprised that the ball managed to find its way through and snatched at the chance as he blazed the ball over from eight yards.
- Less than 30 seconds later, Pires picks the ball up in the centre of the pitch, edges left to right slightly, leaves two Roma defenders sprawling on the floor, and blazes the ball over the bar.
- But a nightmarish shot at the 15th, where he blazed the ball into a water hazard, put the brakes on his charge and he stumbled home for nine-under.
- The ball fell to Nakata who blazed the ball high into the night sky.
- Pierce Power had a good chance on 10 minutes when he met a cross from Ian Ryan but he blazed the ball across the area with the goal at his mercy.
- York had chances, the best coming with two minutes to go when Roz Ramli blazed the ball across the circle and Couttie calmly flicked it into the top corner of the net.
- He straightens up into his delivery and blazes it into your glove so hard, dust rises, curling up like smoke.
- Prior's job was simply to show promise, blaze one fastball, maybe win one game.
4informal Smoke cannabis. Example sentencesExamples - Leave the stoners alone to blaze some harmless weed and start doing something about real drugs!
- We are a nation of quiet stoners, blazing up and smoking out in peace and harmony.
- When I blaze up a doobie, all that happens is I get extremely hungry and mostly sit around giggling at pretty much everything!
- All of a sudden, it was OK to blaze chronic all day while being unemployed.
- I don't think they bargained for Twink hissing at Paddy O'Gorman or the post-Celebrity Farm hoo-ha about Kevin Sharkey blazing up a doobie in the loo as an example of Irish culture that should be shared with the wider world.
Phrasesinformal Very fast or forcefully. 〈非正式〉迅速地；狂暴地，激烈地 I ran like blazes homewards 我朝家狂奔而去。 Example sentencesExamples - It hurts like blazes, and the whole hand swells up like a Porky Pig cartoon.
- Cecil collapsed on a bed staring up at the ceiling; his entire body ached and his chest and arm still hurt like blazes.
- The fact that the car does not need to be revved like blazes to give it some ‘get up and go’ is an undoubted advantage in this area.
- We would soon let him know what we thought, and argue like blazes about it.
- They perform mundane services in much of the world, and make a ton of money in the process - and they are growing like blazes.
- It works like blazes, 'cause the energy in both songs is, amazingly, equivalent.
- A child plucks out a photo, then runs like blazes to it, tags it and returns.
informal With great but reckless determination and energy. they went for him with all guns blazing Example sentencesExamples - Whilst it is widely acknowledged that musicals need to be scrapped per se, I have been advised (appropriately, I believe) not to launch myself onto such a minefield with all guns blazing.
- With everything I've done I've had to be guns blazing.
- We are not going to go in all guns blazing and say, take it or leave it.
- It's time we go to war against decrepitude with guns blazing.
- In his current incarnation, Henman is determined to go down with all guns blazing.
- ‘The Stones were looking forward to opening in the UK - for their hometown audience - with all guns blazing,’ said Michael Cohl.
- The first thing to remember is that most men are not used to women flirting with them and if you go in all guns blazing, they will run away like a sprinter at the Olympics.
- Again working with their long time friend and producer, the band embarked upon the recording of their album with all guns blazing, spending only a couple of weeks laying down the tracks.
- But once they pick their target, they are likely to go in with guns blazing - and to expect their allies to give full approval.
- I keep going at it with guns blazing, but I do wonder if my mock-buffoonery is just a cover to deflect accusations of real buffoonery.
- If Jackson's camp, operating from a hotel in Las Vegas, has come out with guns blazing, the prosecution remains convinced it has a firm case.
- With a very lackluster record of past accomplishment, Lam roared into town with guns blazing.
- Well, the problem is they have gone in in some cases with guns blazing.
- I'm sure they've taken that on board and they'll come out with all guns blazing.
- His ‘better to be right and lose than wrong and win’ philosophy is the watchword of a man determined that if he is to go down, then he'll do so with all guns blazing.
- Both teams will be fired up, and we expect Limerick to go into the game the same way they did against Cork - with all guns blazing.
- Brazil came out with all guns blazing and, as Scotland wilted in 90-degree heat, the fab four overran the dark-blue shirts with a masterful display of control, flair and power.
- There is consensus that it is preferable for one to go down with his guns blazing.
- Brian will now have a high profile say in the council chamber while Oxford graduate Andy will be one of the national decision makers on crime and will be able to go in to Parliament all guns blazing for Leigh.
- Then it was the drum ‘n’ bass crew's turn, with their champion Packer coming out guns blazing.
OriginOld English blæse 'torch, bright fire', of Germanic origin; related ultimately to blaze2. The blaze meaning ‘a bright flame’ and the one referring to a white streak on a horse's face are probably related, through the idea of shining or brightness. In America the second came to apply to a white mark chipped in a tree to indicate a path or boundary in the mid 17th century. This is where we get to blaze a trail, ‘to set an example by being the first to do something’. Cricketers and other sportsmen wore a type of brightly coloured, often striped jacket called a blazer in the late 19th century. The name came from the brightness of the cloth.
Rhymesablaze, amaze, appraise, baize, Blaise, braise, broderie anglaise, chaise, craze, daze, écossaise, erase, faze, gaze, glaze, graze, Hayes, Hays, haze, laze, liaise, lyonnaise, maize, malaise, Marseillaise, mayonnaise, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, prase, raise, raze, upraise noun bleɪzbleɪz 1A white spot or stripe on the face of a mammal or bird. （哺乳动物或鸟脸上的）白斑，白条纹 Example sentencesExamples - Blenheims are chestnut and white, with chestnut ears and a white blaze between the eyes and ears.
- The white blaze had always been there, from the tip of her nose between her ears and down her back.
- His wide, crooked blaze was unique, giving him a goofy, yet strangely appealing look.
- Flocki was a dark-brindle dog with a white chest, front legs and muzzle and a white stripe, known as a blaze, down the center of his face.
- I got quick looks at a yellowish honeyeater with a white blaze behind its face.
- A white blaze adorns his muzzle and forehead, and it is highly desirable that the dog has white feet.
- Many beagles have a white blaze on the face, but a solid tan face is common, too.
- 1.1 A broad white stripe running the length of a horse's face.
（马脸上占脸部全长的）宽白条纹 Example sentencesExamples - He's absolutely beautiful: rich chocolate brown fur, a black mane and tail, plus a long white blaze on his nose.
- She was totally black except for a white blaze and one white sock.
- As Johnson had said, there was another mage riding a black stallion with a white blaze on his nose.
- She's a beauty too, all red with a black mane and tail and a white blaze.
- Abby was lying down, softly nuzzling a brown filly with soft fur, a blaze like Abby's and a blanket on her rump.
- The stallion was brought to the tent, a handsome bay with a white blaze and muscular loins.
- He was a palomino with a golden coat, a white blaze, four white stockings, and a cream mane and tail.
2A mark made on a tree by cutting the bark so as to mark a route. （用作路标的）树皮刻痕 Example sentencesExamples - At this site, a line of single blue paint blazes showed the perimeters of the sale area.
- The main difference is that the inscriptions on blazes in pine trees in Scandinavia have a longer duration than the inscriptions on the bark of deciduous trees by the Basque herders.
- White, rectangular paint blazes mark the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia.
- On a small section of the trail, which was not logged during the nineteenth century, eighty-five living trees and fifty-eight dead trees with blazes dating from 1644 to 1880 have been identified.
- He marked it with his blaze and registered it in his database.
verb bleɪzbleɪz 1Set an example by being the first to do something; pioneer. 〈喻〉带头；开拓 small firms would set the pace, blazing a trail for others to follow 小公司将带头闯出一条路子来，让其他公司跟着走。 Example sentencesExamples - Today, the onetime railroad lobbyist is blazing a trail to the solar system with a low-cost plan to launch manned expeditions to the moon and Mars.
- They are drawn by ideals of blazing a trail in China's fledgling biotech sector; the company's salaries and benefits can't compare with those in foreign ventures.
- Our perseverance and pioneering spirit in blazing a trail nobody has ever trodden before is no doubt admirable.
- The online book and music website, which blazed a trail in making consumers comfortable with the idea of buying goods over the internet, was for years dismissed by analysts as being incapable of generating profits.
- It brought art into everyday life from architecture to furniture design, blazing a trail in painting, glassware, graphic design, jewellery, pottery, metalwork, textiles and sculpture.
- Her big breakthrough came in 1952, with one work, Mountains and Sea, which took the lessons of Pollock and blazed a trail for such colourfield painters as Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis.
- Furthermore, Johannesson seems to have blazed a trail for a string of other Icelandic raiders who are developing a taste for British companies.
- Let us show ingenuity, lateral thinking, and a dedication to the best outcome for all New Zealanders, because our forebears blazed a trail for us in creating a forum for the free exchange of ideas.
- He visited most of the capitals of the continental countries and blazed a trail that was marked by some wild adventures.
- Spearheaded by Bono, Jubilee 2000 is blazing a trail in attempting to offer debt relief to the crippled economies of Africa.
- Two Yorkshire cities were yesterday praised for spearheading the region's economic revival and blazing a trail for town planners across the country.
- Town and district councillor Chris March said: ‘Warminster was ahead of the game when we introduced CCTV cameras and I believe the police are blazing a trail in community support once again.’
- In a sense, Watkins's images blaze a trail for the tourist at the expense of the adventurer and hollow out the sublime, leaving only spectacle.
- Target has blazed a trail nationally in developing the role of Special Constables.
- Both he and Woods, who played in the same 1995 Walker Cup side, are blazing a trail for ethnic minorities on the US Tour, which is still dominated by golfers of a Waspish background.
- Since the early nineteenth century emigrants have been blazing a trail from the West-Mayo island to the Ohio city.
- It blazed a trail of such examples of suffering and sacrifice for public causes and this considerably helped accelerate the pace of the Indian nationalist struggle.
- Britzolakis does not actually blaze a trail here but proceeds down a path cut by numerous critics before her.
- These pioneers have blazed a trail for all who will follow.
- These agents have blazed a trail in small savings, providing an example of enthusiasm to their counterparts elsewhere.
2Mark out a path or route. 沿路做记号 tourists haven't blazed a trail to the top of this hill Example sentencesExamples - Nothing is more adventurous and thrilling than blazing a trail across unmarked snow like a modern day pioneer exploring unknown lands, schussing into history.
- The North Sea Cycle Route officially opened yesterday as two German cyclists blazed a trail into the city, making the inaugural journey on the route.
- U.S. and Iraqi forces drove south of that city's primary east-west highway, having blazed a trail with warplanes and distant artillery.
- It was all we could do to keep up on our laden-down mountain bikes as he blazed a trail and made pleasant conversation in return for which we replied with strained grunts and squeaks.
- A hare is be given a short head start to blaze a trail, marking his devious way with shreds of paper, soon to be pursued by a shouting pack of harriers.
- In this game, a runner or group of runners blazed a trail and marked it by leaving paper markers, or anything else suitable, along the route.
- Nor is it about breaking new ground: No routes have been established since 1996, when a Russian team blazed a trail up the northern side of the Northeast Ridge.
- Right now they're blazing a trail through the wilderness in South Carolina and ‘chopping up boulders.’
OriginMid 17th century: ultimately of Germanic origin; related to German Blässe 'blaze' and blass 'pale', also to blaze1, and probably to blemish. verb bleɪzbleɪz [with object]Present or proclaim (news) in a prominent, typically sensational, manner. （报纸）耸人听闻地报道（新闻）；以显著地位报道 ‘Pop stars and drugs’ blazed the headline Example sentencesExamples - Meanwhile, the headlines in the newspapers blazed MUTILATOR STRIKES AGAIN.
- Headlines blazed that the debt rose 36% in January, which was said to be evidence of rising consumer confidence.
- On the day of his funeral, one of Englands best-read papers blazed forth these banner headlines: ‘Granite May Crumble, But This Is Living Stone!’
- This week the headlines of all the major papers blazed, ‘NASDAQ tops 5000.’
- Across the nation and around the free world this week the headlines blazed a New Year's warning to world Communism: the U.S. would tolerate no Communist move into any part of the Middle East, and would fight, if necessary, to prevent it.
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'blow out on a trumpet'): from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch blāzen 'to blow'; related to blow1. nounbleɪzblāz 1A very large or fiercely burning fire. 大火，烈火 twenty fireman fought the blaze 20名消防队员与大火搏斗。 Example sentencesExamples - Police suspect arsonists lit about half the blazes and six people have been arrested.
- Authorities say this blaze ignited after construction workers hit a gas line.
- As the threat began to diminish, authorities also began to make plans to send home some of thousands of firefighters battling blazes scattered from San Diego County to Los Angeles suburbs.
- In July and early August, firefighting crews have battled blazes in nearly every Western state.
- The biggest trouble is in the northern part of the state, this blaze about 150 miles north of San Francisco.
- The 7,500-acre blaze is only half contained and may pick up as the day gets warmer.
- The smoke began to pour out of it as the sudden blaze died down.
- Despite the warnings, fires have begun raging again in the center of Suva and the fire department has called back all firefighters on leave to help battle the blazes.
- A rookie firefighter who was on his first day's duty with Keighley's Blue Watch has been praised for his actions when he was called to an horrific death blaze.
- Authorities are anxious to douse this blaze and begin dealing with its aftermath.
- Supposedly this ultra-intense blaze was caused by a man with a cigarette lighter and a ‘carton of flammable liquid’.
- There's already six aircraft that have been battling this blaze for the last few hours.
- Three perished in house blazes and one was killed when two vehicles crashed and burst into flames.
- Three fire engines attended the blaze, described by firemen as ‘very serious’, just before midday.
- Hundreds of firefighters yesterday battled about 70 blazes across New South Wales, as strong winds and unusually warm spring weather fed the flames.
- Nineteen firefighters from both district and city fire departments fought the blaze with six trucks and high pressure hoses.
- Paul last found himself in America three years ago, when he was part of an 11,000-man team put together to tackle a major forest blaze.
- In August of that year, there were 10,000 firefighters and operations people battling blazes in Region One alone.
- In the middle of that rooftop blaze, the scene turned into slow motion for him.
- A boy seriously burned in a fire that killed his older brother eight years ago has saved his younger brother and sister from another blaze at their Bradford home.
Synonyms fire, flames, conflagration, inferno, holocaust, firestorm - 1.1in singular A very bright display of light or color.
灿烂的光辉；斑斓的色彩 the gardens in summer are a blaze of color 夏日的花园五彩缤纷。 Example sentencesExamples - Grass, ivy, and nearly 150 trees connect and soften the campus' blaze of white and concrete.
- Blackpool will erupt in a blaze of colour tonight when the town's world-famous Illuminations blossom into life.
- At the moment the course is a blaze of colour and it is a privilege to tread the lush fairways and lightning fast greens.
- During the warm and shining spring flower blossoming season, you can enjoy a blaze of colour here, with lovely flowers everywhere.
- Hector shut his eyes, to see his inner world, a blaze of swirling pearly colours.
- It is breathtaking, and brings the city into a blaze of colour on a cold winter's night.
- The girls arrived into school in a blaze of colour wearing football, hurling, soccer and rugby jerseys and helped to raise a terrific 500.
- His wings were the vivid colors of fire, his head-feathers an equally bright blaze of mingled orange and red.
- I recently visited Doncaster and their floral displays were a blaze of colour.
- But there's an irony and self-awareness at work in some of these books, hiding inside a blaze of pink.
- Prime times to visit the county are without doubt during the Spring, when the blossoming apple orchards are a blaze of colour, or in the Autumn, during the harvest.
- The bulbs were sponsored by local business people and everyone is looking forward to Spring when the road sides should be a blaze of colour.
- In the spring the rhododendrons and azaleas offer a blaze of colour.
- Central London became a blaze of colour as thousands of people from all walks of life joined a massive parade in a spectacular finale to the Jubilee celebrations.
- As my eyes adjusted, to the new world around me, everything was a glare then a blaze of ambers.
- All these combined with seasonal foliage and exotic flowers enable superb arrangements to be created, which filled the stage with a blaze of colour.
- The sun setting in the far north west went down in a blaze of red and blended so gently into a moonlit night that it seemed as if it hadn't set at all.
- The lonely front door comes alive in a red and yellow blaze, the reflection of a gas station sign.
- Hanging baskets, flower tubs and borders are now a blaze of colour.
- The fun will culminate once again in a blaze of colour with an Atlantis carnival parade through the town centre from 10.30 am on Saturday.
Synonyms glare, gleam, flash, burst, flare, dazzle, streak, radiance, brilliance, beam, glitter - 1.2in singular A conspicuous display or outburst of something.
〈喻〉引人注目的展示（或呈现）；迸发 their relationship broke up in a blaze of publicity 他们的关系在众目睽睽之下破裂了。 Example sentencesExamples - What we have, then, is a career that appeared to become arrested in mid-flow, which subsequently recovered in a blaze of congratulation.
- The poky Austrian farm building is filled with a blaze of noise, colour and light.
- Sumner's eight phone extensions lit up as a blaze of incoming phone calls fought their way to his attention all with orders for him to execute.
- One must prolong the periods between productivity so that each complete Work can be released upon the unsuspecting public in a blaze of sycophantic publicity.
- Debates help them break through the blaze of hyperbolic attacks and confusing countercharges.
- Lin had scarcely been released in a blaze of unfavorable publicity when the Immigration Department was at it again.
- Since the currency was launched in a blaze of euphoria it has failed dismally to realise the potential which its supporters claimed it offered.
- I was too much at risk from the smoulder of his irritability, sudden blazes of rage, to see his deep disappointment with life.
- But - and here's the surprising bit - it failed to provoke me into a blaze of mouth-frothing, righteous anger.
- In each case, however, the concern was expressed with care and knowledge, rather than being sublimated in a blaze of polemic.
- He burst onto the scene in a blaze of very quick and intimidatory bowling.
- This is a classic lightning blaze of good-times rock 'n' roll.
- She screamed, and went into a fanatical frenzy, pushing aside her weariness for one last blaze of glory.
- It was a three-day-long blaze of celebration and enjoyment.
- The festival was launched in a blaze of music, singing and dancing in Riverstown on Friday night last, August 2.
- With the release of the new movie The Lord of the Rings, there'll be a blaze of T-shirts, caps, all the usual commercial hoo-ha.
- An urgent week-long White House effort to stop the blaze of anger has had some success.
- This is where my last vestiges of immaturity come out in final blaze of glory.
- There was less enthusiasm from her school, where this sudden blaze of publicity was seen as no more than an embarrassment.
- Long and bitter patent actions brought against him by the Wright brothers have only provided tinder for this blaze of confusion.
Synonyms outburst, burst, eruption, flare-up, explosion, outbreak, blow-up
2blazesinformal Used in various expressions of anger, bewilderment, or surprise as a euphemism for “hell” 〈非正式〉 作委婉语，代替hell，表示愤怒、困惑或惊奇地狱 “Go to blazes!” he shouted “见鬼去吧！”他高声喊道。 what in blue blazes are you all talking about? 你们大家到底在谈些什么来着？ Example sentencesExamples - How in blue blazes did that kid manage to tame the untamable?
- The only problem is, how in blue blazes do I wait so long for the movie to be showing somewhere near me?
- How in blue blazes were you supposed to know you'd end up on the wrong side of a Mafia don?
- And, because there was something slightly supercilious in his voice, I almost told him to go to blazes, and then I thought, hold on: he's right.
- In fact, it hurt like the bloody blue blazes, which was not a great surprise, considering that I thought I was dying.
- How in blue blazes am I to know where this program gets its data from?
- What the blue blazes is throat-singing?
Synonyms outburst, burst, eruption, flare-up, explosion, outbreak, blow-up
verbbleɪzblāz [no object]1Burn fiercely or brightly. 猛烈燃烧，熊熊燃烧 炉火欢快地熊熊燃烧着。 Example sentencesExamples - A wood burner will blaze merrily away through the coldest of the hours.
- Enemy planes make daylight and night attacks on port, scoring a direct hit on supply ship which blazes fiercely till next morning when it is sunk.
- A fireplace set in one wall blazed fiercely, keeping the room and the food set on an iron grid before it, warm.
- He said the fires had been blazing for so long that some of them had actually burned themselves out for lack of oxygen.
- Soon he had a fire blazing away merrily and Krystal came over to stand next to him.
- About 5.00 am mark the Paschal Fire will be set alight and it will be blazing brightly in the sky as people file up for the 6.00 am Mass.
- It's Sunday morning and after burning for three nights our straw-stack fire has stopped blazing.
- One more directed push and a fire was blazing merrily, filling the wet dark cave with flickering orange light.
- All around the room, brilliant flames leapt up, hot and cold by turns, blazing brightly in six niches set into the walls.
- I got back this morning from a weekend away and the gas hob is still blazing away merrily to itself.
- Stuffed into the neck of the bottle was a flame engulfed rag, blazing brightly.
- The bright flame blazed in the open night, and over it roasted a skewered boar.
- A fire blazing brightly in the fireplace meant warmth and comfort but at a deeper level also meant survival and the perpetuation of life itself.
- Fire still blazed fiercely in front of the small family, preventing any form of escape.
- The wagon began to blaze merrily in the morning light, and the driver barely escaped the inferno in time.
- One by one the ten rings blazed brightly with orange and red flame, but Lauren still would not talk.
- Also notable are the fire barrels that blaze brightly during the nocturnal hours.
- Two flatbed military trucks were abandoned with their cabs blazing fiercely as dozens of townspeople converged to loot tires and other vehicle parts.
- She was almost off her feet as she was watching the rocket rising into the sky with orange flames blazing.
- And once the fire was blazing away merrily, Sudarshan turned to his next course of action - clean away the cobwebs.
Synonyms burn, be ablaze, be alight, be on fire, be in flames, flame, be aflame, flare up - 1.1 Shine brightly or powerfully.
照耀，强烈照射 阳光火辣辣地照射下来。 figurative Barbara's eyes were blazing with anger 〈喻〉巴巴拉的眼中充满怒火。 Example sentencesExamples - Blinding white light shone into the room, silhouetting a tall figure standing in the doorway, hands blazing with power.
- Suddenly, a light blazes forth from the center of the symbol on the table, shaped like an eye.
- Although it threatens to flicker out in spots, Pawn Shoppe Heart mostly blazes with an intensity that avoids sounding contrived or dated.
- In front of him, however, the screen was blazing with color, and the same boy was on the television, pushing his way through a dense forest.
- Globes of light blazed up and down its length, and the white rectangles painted on asphalt glowed unearthly.
- He turned to Ryan again, his eyes now blazing with anger.
- Yesterday, the sun that has faded the Union Jack hanging from the church tower blazed down, and veterans who once had to fight their way in were welcomed as honoured friends.
- The central region of the small galaxy NGC 1705 blazes with the light of thousands of young and old stars.
- This summer, the big screens are blazing with that favourite goose of the unimaginative exec: the comic-book adaptation.
- The Marine's eyes blazed fiercely, her lips set in a grim line as her hair drifted, hiding the bandages on her face.
- She rolled her head to him, her neck blazing with instant pain.
- Take a look: the hibiscus at the letterbox doesn't seem to think it's Winter, otherwise she wouldn't be blazing like a flame the size of a dinner plate.
- Telepathic communication was something that she had never thought to use and already her mind was blazing with the new avenues that it opened up.
- The sun blazed down and my sunscreen dealer was calling me again.
- Outside, the sun blazed down from a shimmering sky, as it had for most of the day.
- Brand new floodlights blazed down on Parkside, but it was lights out for them as Workington Town gave them a lesson in teamwork and finishing.
- His blades, still blazing with a powerful energy, cut through Strife's scorching aura without the slightest resistance.
- The city of Tokyo was blazing with high flashing lights of red, blue, white, and yellow.
- There was a brilliant pattern of purples and oranges blazing across the sky, with a few small clouds blazing with the sun's reflection.
- Every day the hot sun blazed down upon the little village, and never not once in many months did a drop of rain fall.
Synonyms shine, beam, flash, flare, glare, gleam, glint, dazzle, glitter, glisten, be radiant, burn brightly
2(of a gun or a person firing a gun) fire repeatedly or indiscriminately. （枪，射击者）连续射击；乱射，狂射，不分青红皂白地射击 we go in with guns blazing Example sentencesExamples - Since you're on a timer to go from the insertion point to the extraction point, you have to run around with guns blazing.
- In some scenes Bond brazens it out, fists flailing or guns blazing, to pick off the enemy, but most of the time greater cunning is needed.
- Certainly no maverick hero is allowed to dash in just in time with guns blazing.
- The 12 single-player missions require careful tactics: charge straight at the enemy, all guns blazing, and you will soon be dead.
- Most likely we will see a lot of guns blazing, ridiculously incredible jumping stunts and other Hollywood's Best Stuntmen TV show fodder.
- We're never less than, oh, perhaps 400 yards back from the first vehicle as it's blazing away with its guns.
- They don't coordinate, they haven't blown the bridges, they just blaze away.
- Because lasting solutions to longstanding conflicts demand dialogue and compromise - very hard to do with guns blazing in one's face.
- Scores of men and women, masked and wearing bomb belts, burst out of the vehicles, hijacked in neighbouring Ingushetia, and into the playground with guns blazing.
- Let me explain to the PM why he needs to take crash courses in combat and go out there in the field with guns blazing.
- They're always prepared to go in guns blazing but the job is best done if a shot is never fired.
- Occasionally, on the outskirts of the isolated impact area, you could hear tanks firing machine guns and blazing their cannons.
- If, on the other hand, you want to charge through, guns blazing, you will be punished by the game's insane scarcity of ammunition.
- There are scenes that you've written of the captain ordering all the guns blazing from the ship up the river, out into the bushland.
- A tank, guns blazing, fills the downtown of Jenin with a diesel smokescreen to enforce a curfew order.
- The gunmen stormed the main entrance with guns blazing, and took several hundred shocked staff, visitors and patients hostage.
- Repression has led to the emergence of a ‘suicide family’ in our midst, complete with women taking to the streets with guns blazing.
- Then, in another few seconds, he was joined by the two agents that had come with the Lieutenant Governor, and they blazed away with their riot guns in the same direction.
- Even if Wayne's friend's wife had been able to come out of the room guns blazing, her husband would still in all likelihood have been shot.
Synonyms fire, fire away, shoot, shoot away, blast, blast away, let fly 3informal Achieve something in an impressive manner. 〈非正式〉夺取，摘取 she blazed to a gold medal in the 200-meter sprint 她在200米短跑赛中勇夺金牌。 Example sentencesExamples - You should be able to check this game out rather cheap, it's not new and I don't think it blazed up the charts.
- As a receiver, Berrian can leap over defenders to pull down a ball or he can blaze past them for a gamebreaking score with his incredible speed.
- Now blazing up the airwaves, the girls are preparing themselves for the deal that will take them through to the big time.
- Truck owners may dig shots of pickups blazing up mountains, but they also want to know about things like horsepower and torque.
- The blast of the starting gun seemed to still echo through the Alaskan countryside when the Navy team came blazing up to the first checkpoint.
- 3.1with object Hit (a ball) with impressive strength.
大力击（球） he blazed a drive into the rough 他猛力抽球，把球击到了深草区。 Example sentencesExamples - Alas the old problems returned as the ball was blazed a yard over.
- The former England skipper evoked memories of less happy days with the national side when he blazed an injury time spot-kick over the bar and at the same time passed up on the opportunity to end his career on 100 goals.
- Knight headed on to Cormack, who found himself free at the far post again, but he blazed the ball across goal from eight yards.
- Pierce Power had a good chance on 10 minutes when he met a cross from Ian Ryan but he blazed the ball across the area with the goal at his mercy.
- He looked up, thought about it for a moment and then blazed the ball into the far corner beyond the despairing fingers of O'Malley.
- But a nightmarish shot at the 15th, where he blazed the ball into a water hazard, put the brakes on his charge and he stumbled home for nine-under.
- Justice was served as the spot kick was blazed over the bar.
- Very rarely do you see him blaze a chance high or wide.
- He gathered a ball on the right of the goal, jinked inside two tackles and even though he was half-tripped he regained his feet to blaze the ball to the corner of the net.
- PJ was unlucky to miss a goal when he blazed the ball over the crossbar.
- Prior's job was simply to show promise, blaze one fastball, maybe win one game.
- Less than 30 seconds later, Pires picks the ball up in the centre of the pitch, edges left to right slightly, leaves two Roma defenders sprawling on the floor, and blazes the ball over the bar.
- He seemed a little surprised that the ball managed to find its way through and snatched at the chance as he blazed the ball over from eight yards.
- The ball fell to Nakata who blazed the ball high into the night sky.
- The former Celtic striker picked himself up, dusted himself down, took a deep breath and blazed his spot-kick over the bar.
- She collected a high centre from Caroline McGing, despite her two shadows, and blazed the ball to the roof of the net.
- He beat two further defenders to work his way into the penalty area and just as everyone thought he was going to end his barren run in front of goal, he snatched at the opportunity and blazed the ball high and wide.
- On the turnover, it was Tallow who made the impressive start as Colm Geary raced in only to blaze the ball over the bar with the goal at his mercy.
- He straightens up into his delivery and blazes it into your glove so hard, dust rises, curling up like smoke.
- York had chances, the best coming with two minutes to go when Roz Ramli blazed the ball across the circle and Couttie calmly flicked it into the top corner of the net.
Phrasesinformal Very fast or forcefully. 〈非正式〉迅速地；狂暴地，激烈地 I ran like blazes toward home 我朝家狂奔而去。 Example sentencesExamples - It hurts like blazes, and the whole hand swells up like a Porky Pig cartoon.
- It works like blazes, 'cause the energy in both songs is, amazingly, equivalent.
- We would soon let him know what we thought, and argue like blazes about it.
- The fact that the car does not need to be revved like blazes to give it some ‘get up and go’ is an undoubted advantage in this area.
- A child plucks out a photo, then runs like blazes to it, tags it and returns.
- Cecil collapsed on a bed staring up at the ceiling; his entire body ached and his chest and arm still hurt like blazes.
- They perform mundane services in much of the world, and make a ton of money in the process - and they are growing like blazes.
informal With great determination and energy, typically without thought for the consequences. 〈非正式〉不顾一切地，破釜沉舟地 Example sentencesExamples - ‘The Stones were looking forward to opening in the UK - for their hometown audience - with all guns blazing,’ said Michael Cohl.
- Whilst it is widely acknowledged that musicals need to be scrapped per se, I have been advised (appropriately, I believe) not to launch myself onto such a minefield with all guns blazing.
- Well, the problem is they have gone in in some cases with guns blazing.
- I'm sure they've taken that on board and they'll come out with all guns blazing.
- I keep going at it with guns blazing, but I do wonder if my mock-buffoonery is just a cover to deflect accusations of real buffoonery.
- Again working with their long time friend and producer, the band embarked upon the recording of their album with all guns blazing, spending only a couple of weeks laying down the tracks.
- Brazil came out with all guns blazing and, as Scotland wilted in 90-degree heat, the fab four overran the dark-blue shirts with a masterful display of control, flair and power.
- If Jackson's camp, operating from a hotel in Las Vegas, has come out with guns blazing, the prosecution remains convinced it has a firm case.
- Brian will now have a high profile say in the council chamber while Oxford graduate Andy will be one of the national decision makers on crime and will be able to go in to Parliament all guns blazing for Leigh.
- Then it was the drum ‘n’ bass crew's turn, with their champion Packer coming out guns blazing.
- But once they pick their target, they are likely to go in with guns blazing - and to expect their allies to give full approval.
- Both teams will be fired up, and we expect Limerick to go into the game the same way they did against Cork - with all guns blazing.
- With a very lackluster record of past accomplishment, Lam roared into town with guns blazing.
- His ‘better to be right and lose than wrong and win’ philosophy is the watchword of a man determined that if he is to go down, then he'll do so with all guns blazing.
- It's time we go to war against decrepitude with guns blazing.
- In his current incarnation, Henman is determined to go down with all guns blazing.
- The first thing to remember is that most men are not used to women flirting with them and if you go in all guns blazing, they will run away like a sprinter at the Olympics.
- With everything I've done I've had to be guns blazing.
- We are not going to go in all guns blazing and say, take it or leave it.
- There is consensus that it is preferable for one to go down with his guns blazing.
Phrasal Verbs he attacked the fire with poker and tongs until it blazed up 他用拨火棍和钳子用力通火，直到火旺起来。 - 1.1Suddenly become angry.
〈喻〉勃然大怒 he blazed up without warning 他突如其来地大发雷霆，叫人猝不及防。 Example sentencesExamples - Mummy asked her to repeat and she said it again, then blazed up and said some other things which were not reasonable.
- Father glared at me and said I blazed up with anger.
- Every Dutchman in South Africa blazed up with anger.
- Mr. Upfold was a short sturdy man, inclined to be stout, with a very quick temper; if anything went wrong he would blaze up in anger, but he never bore malice and the trouble was soon completely forgotten.
- And what will God do with us? Blaze up in anger because of our sins?
OriginOld English blæse ‘torch, bright fire’, of Germanic origin; related ultimately to blaze. nounbleɪzblāz 1A white spot or stripe on the face of a mammal or bird. （哺乳动物或鸟脸上的）白斑，白条纹 Example sentencesExamples - The white blaze had always been there, from the tip of her nose between her ears and down her back.
- His wide, crooked blaze was unique, giving him a goofy, yet strangely appealing look.
- I got quick looks at a yellowish honeyeater with a white blaze behind its face.
- Blenheims are chestnut and white, with chestnut ears and a white blaze between the eyes and ears.
- A white blaze adorns his muzzle and forehead, and it is highly desirable that the dog has white feet.
- Many beagles have a white blaze on the face, but a solid tan face is common, too.
- Flocki was a dark-brindle dog with a white chest, front legs and muzzle and a white stripe, known as a blaze, down the center of his face.
- 1.1 A broad white stripe running the length of a horse's face.
（马脸上占脸部全长的）宽白条纹 Example sentencesExamples - He was a palomino with a golden coat, a white blaze, four white stockings, and a cream mane and tail.
- He's absolutely beautiful: rich chocolate brown fur, a black mane and tail, plus a long white blaze on his nose.
- As Johnson had said, there was another mage riding a black stallion with a white blaze on his nose.
- Abby was lying down, softly nuzzling a brown filly with soft fur, a blaze like Abby's and a blanket on her rump.
- She was totally black except for a white blaze and one white sock.
- She's a beauty too, all red with a black mane and tail and a white blaze.
- The stallion was brought to the tent, a handsome bay with a white blaze and muscular loins.
2A mark made on a tree by cutting the bark so as to mark a route. （用作路标的）树皮刻痕 Example sentencesExamples - The main difference is that the inscriptions on blazes in pine trees in Scandinavia have a longer duration than the inscriptions on the bark of deciduous trees by the Basque herders.
- At this site, a line of single blue paint blazes showed the perimeters of the sale area.
- White, rectangular paint blazes mark the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia.
- He marked it with his blaze and registered it in his database.
- On a small section of the trail, which was not logged during the nineteenth century, eighty-five living trees and fifty-eight dead trees with blazes dating from 1644 to 1880 have been identified.
verbbleɪzblāz 1Set an example by being the first to do something; pioneer. 〈喻〉带头；开拓 small firms would set the pace, blazing a trail for others to follow 小公司将带头闯出一条路子来，让其他公司跟着走。 Example sentencesExamples - Spearheaded by Bono, Jubilee 2000 is blazing a trail in attempting to offer debt relief to the crippled economies of Africa.
- Her big breakthrough came in 1952, with one work, Mountains and Sea, which took the lessons of Pollock and blazed a trail for such colourfield painters as Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis.
- Furthermore, Johannesson seems to have blazed a trail for a string of other Icelandic raiders who are developing a taste for British companies.
- These pioneers have blazed a trail for all who will follow.
- Target has blazed a trail nationally in developing the role of Special Constables.
- In a sense, Watkins's images blaze a trail for the tourist at the expense of the adventurer and hollow out the sublime, leaving only spectacle.
- Two Yorkshire cities were yesterday praised for spearheading the region's economic revival and blazing a trail for town planners across the country.
- The online book and music website, which blazed a trail in making consumers comfortable with the idea of buying goods over the internet, was for years dismissed by analysts as being incapable of generating profits.
- Today, the onetime railroad lobbyist is blazing a trail to the solar system with a low-cost plan to launch manned expeditions to the moon and Mars.
- Britzolakis does not actually blaze a trail here but proceeds down a path cut by numerous critics before her.
- It blazed a trail of such examples of suffering and sacrifice for public causes and this considerably helped accelerate the pace of the Indian nationalist struggle.
- Our perseverance and pioneering spirit in blazing a trail nobody has ever trodden before is no doubt admirable.
- Let us show ingenuity, lateral thinking, and a dedication to the best outcome for all New Zealanders, because our forebears blazed a trail for us in creating a forum for the free exchange of ideas.
- It brought art into everyday life from architecture to furniture design, blazing a trail in painting, glassware, graphic design, jewellery, pottery, metalwork, textiles and sculpture.
- They are drawn by ideals of blazing a trail in China's fledgling biotech sector; the company's salaries and benefits can't compare with those in foreign ventures.
- Town and district councillor Chris March said: ‘Warminster was ahead of the game when we introduced CCTV cameras and I believe the police are blazing a trail in community support once again.’
- Both he and Woods, who played in the same 1995 Walker Cup side, are blazing a trail for ethnic minorities on the US Tour, which is still dominated by golfers of a Waspish background.
- These agents have blazed a trail in small savings, providing an example of enthusiasm to their counterparts elsewhere.
- He visited most of the capitals of the continental countries and blazed a trail that was marked by some wild adventures.
- Since the early nineteenth century emigrants have been blazing a trail from the West-Mayo island to the Ohio city.
2Mark out a path or route. 沿路做记号 Example sentencesExamples - It was all we could do to keep up on our laden-down mountain bikes as he blazed a trail and made pleasant conversation in return for which we replied with strained grunts and squeaks.
- The North Sea Cycle Route officially opened yesterday as two German cyclists blazed a trail into the city, making the inaugural journey on the route.
- A hare is be given a short head start to blaze a trail, marking his devious way with shreds of paper, soon to be pursued by a shouting pack of harriers.
- Nor is it about breaking new ground: No routes have been established since 1996, when a Russian team blazed a trail up the northern side of the Northeast Ridge.
- Nothing is more adventurous and thrilling than blazing a trail across unmarked snow like a modern day pioneer exploring unknown lands, schussing into history.
- In this game, a runner or group of runners blazed a trail and marked it by leaving paper markers, or anything else suitable, along the route.
- U.S. and Iraqi forces drove south of that city's primary east-west highway, having blazed a trail with warplanes and distant artillery.
- Right now they're blazing a trail through the wilderness in South Carolina and ‘chopping up boulders.’
OriginMid 17th century: ultimately of Germanic origin; related to German Blässe ‘blaze’ and blass ‘pale’, also to blaze, and probably to blemish. verbblāzbleɪz [with object](of a newspaper) present or proclaim (news) in a prominent, typically sensational, manner. （报纸）耸人听闻地报道（新闻）；以显著地位报道 “Pop stars and drugs” blazed the headline Example sentencesExamples - Headlines blazed that the debt rose 36% in January, which was said to be evidence of rising consumer confidence.
- Meanwhile, the headlines in the newspapers blazed MUTILATOR STRIKES AGAIN.
- On the day of his funeral, one of Englands best-read papers blazed forth these banner headlines: ‘Granite May Crumble, But This Is Living Stone!’
- This week the headlines of all the major papers blazed, ‘NASDAQ tops 5000.’
- Across the nation and around the free world this week the headlines blazed a New Year's warning to world Communism: the U.S. would tolerate no Communist move into any part of the Middle East, and would fight, if necessary, to prevent it.
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘blow out on a trumpet’): from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch blāzen ‘to blow’; related to blow. |