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 flar·ing /ˈflærɪŋ, ˈflɛr-/
 (a.)發光的,燃燒的,引人注目的

 Flare v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared p. pr. & vb. n. Flaring.]
 1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
 2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
 3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
    With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.   --Shak.
 4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]
    Flaring in sunshine all the day.   --Prior.
 5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
 To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.]

 Flar·ing a.
 1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.
    His [the sun's] flaring beams.   --Milton.
 2. Opening or speading outwards.
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 flaring
      adj 1: having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a
             skirt flaring from the waist" [syn: flared]
      2: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current
         of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her";
         "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze" [syn: aflare,
          flying, waving]