spark /ˈspɑrk/
火花,火星,閃光,電信技師,活力,朝氣,瞬間放電,花花公子,情郎(vi.)閃爍
Spark n.
1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.
Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. --Job v. 7.
2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. “If any spark of life be yet remaining.” --Shak. “Small intellectual spark.” --Macaulay. “Vital spark of heavenly flame.” --Pope.
We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke.
Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. --Wordsworth.
Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also spark consumer. [U.S.]
Spark, n.
1. A brisk, showy, gay man.
The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. --Prior.
2. A lover; a gallant; a beau.
Spark, v. i.
1. To sparkle. [Obs.]
2. Elec. To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes.
Spark, v. i. To play the spark, beau, or lover.
A sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, sparking, within. --W. Irwing.
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spark
n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, glint]
2: brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle
in his eye" [syn: sparkle, light]
3: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric
field [syn: discharge, arc, electric arc, electric
discharge]
4: a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might
become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of
decency"
5: Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) [syn: Muriel
Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark]
6: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by
burning material or by friction
v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate
the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate,
set off, spark off, trigger off, touch off]
2: emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down
by a storm, can continue to spark" [syn: sparkle]