Ablaze

(adj.) resembling flame in brilliance or color; 'maple trees ablaze in autumn' .

(adj.) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; 'his face all ablaze with excitement'- Bram Stoker; 'he was aflame with desire' .

(adj.) lighted with red light as if with flames; 'streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees'; 'the inflamed clouds at sunset'; 'reddened faces around the campfire' .

(adj.) lighted up by or as by fire or flame; 'forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning'; 'even the car's tires were aflame'; 'a night aflare with fireworks'; 'candles alight on the tables'; 'houses on fire' .

整理:罗伯塔

• If the atmosphere were composed of oxygen alone, the merest flicker of a match would set the whole world ablaze. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• When it was thoroughly ablaze Eustacia took it by the stem and waved it in the air above her head till it had burned itself out. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

校对:塔玛拉