/bleɪz; blez/
n
1 [C]
(a) bright flame or fire 火焰; 火光
*Dry wood makes a good blaze. 乾木燃起夺目的火焰.
(b) very large (often dangerous) fire 大火; 火灾
*Five people died in the blaze. 有五人死于火灾.
2 [sing] ~ of sth
(a) very bright display (of light, colour, etc); brightness, brilliance （光、颜色等的）呈现; 明亮; 光辉
*The garden is a blaze of colour, ie full of colourful flowers. 花园里万紫千红.
* The high street is a blaze of lights in the evening. 晚上大街上灯火辉煌.
(b) (fig 比喻) striking display or show 引人注目的展现或显示
*a blaze of glory/publicity 荣耀[声名显赫].
(c) (fig 比喻) sudden outburst (of a violent feeling) （强烈感情的）骤然迸发
*a blaze of anger/passion/temper 勃然大怒[大动感情/大发雷霆].

/bleɪz; blez/
v
1 [I] burn brightly and fiercely 猛烈地燃烧
*A good fire was blazing in the grate. 炉箅子上的火很旺.
* When the firemen arrived the whole building was blazing. 消防队到达时, 整座建筑物正在熊熊燃烧着.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip] shine brightly 发光; 照耀
*Bright lights blazed all along the street. 雪亮的灯光照得街道通明.
* The sun blazed down on the desert. 阳光照射在沙漠上.
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) (fig 比喻) show great feeling, esp anger 表现强烈的感情（尤指愤怒）
*She was blazing with indignation, ie was extremely angry. 她勃然大怒.
* a blazing row 愤怒的吼叫
* His eyes blazed (with anger). （由于愤怒）他的眼里充满怒火.
4 (phr v) blaze away fire continuously with guns 连续地射击
*Our gunners/guns kept blazing away at the enemy. 我们的炮手[枪炮]一直不停地向敌军射击. blaze up
(a) burst into flames 发出火焰; 燃烧起来
*The fire blazed up when he added paraffin. 他加了一些煤油, 火就燃烧起来了.
(b) (fig 比喻) suddenly become angry 忽然发怒
*He blazed up without warning. 他突如其来地勃然大怒.

/bleɪz; blez/
n
1 white mark on an animal's face （动物面部上的）白斑.
2 mark cut in the bark of a tree to show sb which way to go （在树皮上割出指示去向的）记号.

v
1 [Tn] mark (a tree) by cutting off some bark （在树上）（割下一些树皮）作标记.
2 (idm 习语) blaze a `trail do sth for the first time and show others how to do it; be a pioneer (in sth) 作模范; （在某事中）作先行者
*blazing a trail in the field of laser surgery 在激光外科手术领域中开拓新路. Cf 参看 trail-blazer (trail).

/bleɪz; blez/
(also blazon) v [Tn] make (sth) known; proclaim 把（某事）公之于众; 宣布
*The news was blazed all over the daily papers. 所有日报都刊登了这条消息.