English Dictionary

flare

IPA（発音記号）

/flɛə̯/

名詞

比喩的用法 複数形 略語 別表記

A sudden bright light. / A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.

日本語の意味

急に発生する明るい光 / 非常時の注意喚起や周囲を照らすために使用される、爆発を伴わない鮮やかな光を放つ装置（照明弾）

The flare lit up the sky, briefly turning night into day and revealing the stranded hikers below.

突然のまばゆい光が空を照らし、一瞬で夜を昼のように変えて、下にいた遭難したハイカーたちの姿を明らかにした。

意味（1）

A sudden bright light.

意味（2）

A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.

Flares were used to steer the traffic away from the accident.

意味（3）

(oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.

Flare stacks are used in gas plants, petroleum refineries, and petrochemical plants to combust surplus hydrocarbons to produce combustion products that are neither toxic nor combustible. Flares frequently incorporate a liquid-gas separator at the base of the stack and steam assisted burner nozzles at the top of the stack to aid complete combustion.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.

Antiinflammatory corticosteroid creams and ointments are prescribed for inflamed or lichenified areas. These creams are more effective when applied to damp skin. The lowest potency that controls signs should be used, and topical steroids are usually reserved for treatment of episodic flares.

意味（5）

A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.

意味（6）

(nautical) The increase in width of most ship hulls with increasing height above the waterline.

意味（7）

(in the plural) Bell-bottom trousers.

In the early 1970's, a giddy epoch in men's fashion, when denim flares and platform oxfords were the outer edge of style, Giorgio Armani made a suit that stretched. Imbued with spandex, the elastic fiber that gives a fabric extra bounce, the suit was one of the first in a long line of innovations that would eventually make Armani as familiar a brand as Kleenex.

意味（8）

(aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

The captain executed the flare perfectly, and we lightly touched down.

意味（9）

(baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.

Jones hits a little flare to left that falls for a single.

意味（10）

(American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.

意味（11）

(photography) Short for lens flare.

The defect in question is the flare which frequently arises from the use of compound lenses when there is a very bright object in front, resulting in a ghost-like image of that object being thrown upon the plate. If the image of the object thus duplicated be in focus we designate it a ghost; if out of focus we call it flare.

意味（12）

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

意味（13）

A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.

flares （ plural ）