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- a small fiery particle thrown off from a fire, alight in ashes, or produced by striking together two hard surfaces such as stone or metal火花, 火星。
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- a light produced by a sudden disruptive electrical discharge through the air电火花。
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- a discharge such as this serving to ignite the explosive mixture in an internal-combustion engine（内燃机里火花塞的）放电。
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- a small bright object or point闪光体; 闪光点：
there was a spark of light.
有一点亮光。
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- a trace of a specified quality or intense feeling一丝特性; 一丝强烈的感情：
a tiny spark of anger flared within her.
一丝怒火在她的心中逐渐燃烧。
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- a sense of liveliness and excitement愉悦, 兴奋：
there was a spark between them at their first meeting.
他们第一次会面就碰出了火花。
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- （亦作Spark 或 Sparks）informal used in the armed forces as a nickname for a radio operator or an electrician〈非正式〉军队中对无线电报务员（或电工）的昵称。
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- no obj. emit sparks of fire or electricity发出火花（或电火花）：
the ignition sparks as soon as the gas is turned on.
油门一踩着就点火了。
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- produce sparks at the point where an electric circuit is interrupted（电路受阻时）产生火花。
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- with obj. ignite点燃：
the explosion sparked a fire.
爆炸导致了火灾。
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- figurative provide the stimulus for (a dramatic event or process)〈喻〉导致, 触发（突发事件或过程）：
the severity of the plan sparked off street protests.
这项计划太过严厉, 引发了街头示威。
短语
spark out
- Brit. informal completely unconscious〈英, 非正式〉完全丧失知觉：
I think he would knock Bowe spark out.
我想他会把鲍威打昏的。
sparks fly
- an encounter becomes heated or lively激烈争吵。
strike sparks off each other （或one another）
- (of two or more people) creatively inspire each other while working on something（两个或两个以上的人）相互启发。
派生词
sparkless
adjectivesparky
adjective词源
Old English spærca, spearca, of unknown origin.