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A spark is the tiny, bright fleck of fire that leaps out of a flame or off burning wood — small, but hot enough to set something new alight. Almost every other meaning keeps that picture: one tiny, energetic point that can suddenly catch and grow into something much bigger.

可以想成從火堆或燃燒物裡「啪」地彈出來的那一小點火星——體積很小，卻燙得足以點燃新的東西。spark 幾乎所有意思都…更多收起可以想成從火堆或燃燒物裡「啪」地彈出來的那一小點火星——體積很小，卻燙得足以點燃新的東西。spark 幾乎所有意思都還守著這個畫面：一個微小、帶著能量的點，一旦碰對地方，就會突然燃起、長成大得多的東西。

原始詞典資料17 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Sparkname

  • 1

    A surname.

sparknoun詞源 1/ˈspɑːk/

  • 1

    A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.

  • 2

    A short or small burst of electrical discharge.

  • 3

    A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

  • 4

    A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.

    • if any spark of life be yet remaining
    • , Book IV, Chapter XVII But though we have, here and there, a little of this clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge
  • 5

    Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.

  • 6

    A ship's radio operator.

  • 7

    slangAn electrician.

    • At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes.
  • 8

    cellular-automatacomputingengineeringA small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    obsoleteA diamond, especially one set in a piece of jewellery.

sparkverb詞源 1/ˈspɑːk/

  • 1

    To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).

    • The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages.
    • One such investigation described how kindness can be contagious. It was sparked by reports of an outbreak of kindness on a cold December morning in 2012.
  • 2

    To light; to kindle.

    • Byron sparked the cigarette. He sucked it dramatically and thrust it into Marko's hand.
  • 3

    To give off a spark or sparks.

  • 4

    To shoot; to fire

    • [Streetlife]:Fuck a peace talk, let the gun spark, on the streets of New York.
    • All of a sudden, everybody tuggin', everybody dark. Everybody gums runnin', 'til the guns spark.

sparknoun詞源 2/ˈspɑːk/

  • 1

    A gallant; a foppish young man.

    • The finest sparks and cleanest beaux.
    • Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”
  • 2

    A beau, lover.

sparkverb詞源 2/ˈspɑːk/

  • 1

    archaicTo woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。