flare-up
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˈfleə.rʌp/us/ˈfler.ʌp/asituationin which something such asviolence,pain, orangersuddenlystartsor gets muchworse:
(暴力、疼痛或愤怒)爆发,突发,加剧There was another flare-upofriotinglaterthatday.那天晚些时候再度爆发骚乱。
Synonym
outburst
Beginnings and starts
- a baptism of/by fireidiom
- advent
- baptism
- beginning
- birth
- commencement
- initiation
- introduction
- jumping-off point
- kick off
- onset
- opening
- outbreak
- square
- start
- starter
- starting time
- the thin end of the wedgeidiom
- trigger
- zero hour