flare upとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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flare up (third-person singular simple present flares up, present participle flaring up, simple past and past participle flared up)

1. (intransitive) To burn brightly again.

   The fire flared up after we added more wood to it.

2. (intransitive) To become more intense suddenly.

   Reports indicate that tensions have flared up in the Middle East again.

   The pain in my shoulder flares up when I turn my head.

3. (intransitive, sometimes with “out” instead of “up”) To burst out suddenly, as in anger.

   The insult made him flare up.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     “Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "It's my Welsh half that comes out when I flare up. Let the conjurors take their dirty money and let the rich folk keep their purses shut."

語源

Deverbal from flare up.

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名詞

flare-up (plural flare-ups)

1. A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).

   Antonyms: burnout, flameout

   • 1933, Richard Curle, Corruption, page 75:

     But what I do think is that there's likely to be a regular flare-up soon. And how can one tell where that may end? If only I could get Ambrose to take me away somewhere! But he won't budge.

   • 2009, Peter Osbaldeston, The Palm Springs Diner's Bible: A Restaurant Guide for Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, la Quinta, Bermuda Dunes, Indio, and Desert Hot Springs, Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 250:

     The disadvantage of the underfired grill is the potential for flareups, which can cause a burned spot or carbonization. Not only do these taste bad, but they are also carcinogenic.

2. A sudden intensification in activity.

   Antonyms: burnout, flameout

3. An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).

   Synonym: flare

   Hypernym: exacerbation

   • 2000, Jon Zonderman, Ronald Vender, Understanding Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis‎:

     Although Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic, they are characterized by periods of remission that last for varying amounts of time, interrupted by flare-ups, when symptoms of the disease become more evident.