blaze

blaze
blaze [{{t}}bleɪz]
1 noun
(a) (flame) flamme f, flammes fpl, feu m; (large fire) incendie m;
∎ five die in blaze (in headline) un incendie a fait cinq morts
(b) (burst → of colour) éclat m, flamboiement m; (→ of light) éclat m; (→ of eloquence, enthusiasm) élan m, transport m; (→ of sunlight) torrent m;
∎ the street was a blaze of light la rue était tout illuminée;
∎ a blaze of gunfire des coups de feu, une fusillade;
∎ in a sudden blaze of anger sous le coup de la colère;
∎ she married in a blaze of publicity elle s'est mariée sous les feux des projecteurs;
∎ he finished in a blaze of glory il a terminé en beauté
(c) {{}}Mineralogy{{}} (of gem) éclat m, brillance f
(d) (mark → on tree) marque f, encoche f; {{}}Zoology{{}} (→ on animal, horse) étoile f
(e) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (idioms)
∎ what the blazes are you doing here? qu'est-ce que tu fabriques ici?;
∎ how the blazes would I know? comment veux-tu que je le sache?;
∎ we ran like blazes nous avons couru à toutes jambes;
∎ go or get to blazes! va te faire voir!
2 intransitive verb
(a) (fire) flamber;
∎ he suddenly blazed with anger il s'est enflammé de colère;
∎ his eyes were blazing with anger/passion ses yeux lançaient des éclairs de colère/passion
(b) (colour, light, sun) flamboyer; (gem) resplendir, briller;
∎ the fields blazed with colour les champs resplendissaient de mille couleurs
(c) (gun) tirer, faire feu
3 transitive verb
(a) (proclaim) proclamer, claironner; (publish) publier;
∎ the news was blazed across the front page la nouvelle faisait la une du journal;
∎ it's not the kind of thing you want blazed abroad ce n'est pas le genre de chose qu'on veut crier sur les toits
(b) (lead)
∎ to blaze the way for sth préparer le terrain pour qch
(c) (idiom)
∎ to blaze a trail frayer un chemin;
∎ they're blazing a trail in biotechnology ils font un travail de pionniers dans le domaine de la biotechnologie
➲ blaze away intransitive verb
(a) (fire) (continuer de) flamber
(b) {{}}British{{}} (gun) faire feu;
∎ the gangsters blazed away at the police les gangsters maintenaient un feu nourri contre la police;
∎ I blazed away at the target je tirais sans cesse sur la cible
➲ blaze down intransitive verb
(sun) flamboyer, darder ses rayons
➲ blaze up intransitive verb
(a) (fire) prendre immédiatement ou rapidement
(b) (person) s'enflammer de colère, s'emporter; (anger, resentment) éclater

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