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| 1 | C/U the brightly burning gas that you see coming from a fire 火焰；火舌 |
| He sat by the fire staring at the flames. 他坐在火旁凝视着火焰。 |
| in flames (=burning) The whole building was soon in flames. 着火；燃烧 |
| burst into/go up in/erupt in flames A car had overturned and burst into flames. 汽车翻了，燃起了熊熊大火。 |
| douse/smother/extinguish the flames (=stop a fire burning) Bryan smothered the flames with his coat. 浇灭火/捂灭火/熄灭火等 |
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| 2 | C/U literary a sudden strong feeling 激情；突然的强烈感情 |
| +of a flame of passion/anger/desire/hope 突然的激情/愤怒/欲望/希望 |
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| 3 | C computing an angry email or an email that insults someone 火焰邮件（表示愤怒的或侮辱性的电子邮件） |
| PHRASE |
| - | shoot sb down in flames
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| to refuse to accept someone’ s suggestion without even considering it |
| 断然拒绝某人的建议 |
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