以a-开头的形容词用法新探·ablaze

■ 江苏省丰县首羡镇逸夫中学  李  翔

ablaze

一、ablaze的用法

1. “着火，起火(burning；on fire) ”，作表语。例如：

The house was ablaze in a few minutes. 房子几分钟就烧起来了。

The whole building was soon ablaze. 整座建筑物很快就烧起來了。

也可以作宾语补足语。例如：

We set the logs ablaze. 我们把这些木头点着了。

2. “明亮；灿烂(very bright；glittering) ”，作表语。例如：

The palace was ablaze with lights. 那座宮殿灯火辉煌。

3. “非常激動（very excited) ”解时，作表语。。例如：

His face was ablaze with anger. 他滿面怒容。

二、ablaze的搭配

1. be ablaze 燃烧。例如：

The living room was ablaze. The fire centered on a broken jar on the floor. 起居室着了火，地上有个破罐子，火焰在它的周围熊熊燃烧。

2. set sth ablaze 点燃。例如：

A match is sufficient to set ablaze the lumber yard or the oil depot. 要使木材堆放处或石油储存库燃烧，一根火柴就够了。

3. 可以说quickly [soon, well等] ablaze，不能说very ablaze。例如：

The wooden house was quickly [soon] ablaze. 这所木屋很快就烧起来了。

By the time firefighters were called the house was well ablaze.等给消防队大电话时，这座房子已烧得差不多了。

4. ablaze with [lights, light, sunlight, the stars, butterflies, gems, jewels, medals won in action, diamonds, yellow ribbons, yellow autumn foliage, roses, the colors, tulips, wildflowers, flowers in bloom, autumn colors等]。例如：

He had never seen the house like this, ablaze with light and noisy with voices. 他从未见过这栋房子像现在这样灯火辉煌，人声鼎沸。

ablaze with anger [enthusiasm, excitement, joy等]  非常生气[热情，激动，高兴等]。例如：

Slim stood up, his eyes ablaze with joy. Slim站起来，眼睛里充满喜悦的光芒。