English Dictionary

inflame

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈfleɪm/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法 自動詞

(transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

日本語の意味

火をつける / 点火する / 燃え上がらせる

The arsonists planned to inflame the abandoned barn at midnight.

放火犯たちは真夜中にその廃屋に放火する計画を立てていた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

We should have made retreat / By light of the inflamed fleet.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.

to inflame desire

意味（3）

(transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

It will inflame you; it will make you mad.

意味（4）

(transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.

to inflame the eyes by overwork

意味（5）

To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

inflames （ present singular third-person ）

inflaming （ participle present ）

inflamed （ participle past ）

inflamed （ past ）