spark

英 [spɑ?k] 美[spɑrk]

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復(fù)數(shù):?sparks;第三人稱單數(shù):?sparks;過去式:?sparked;過去分詞:?sparked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sparking;

1. 諧音比較像“星巴克”-----所以與“火星、火花”有關(guān)。
2. 星火英語：Spark.

spark 火花，火星，才華，熱情

來自古英語 speraca,火花，火星，來自 Proto-Germanic*spark,火花，來自 PIE*sperg,播，灑，濺，來自 PIE*sper,播，灑，詞源同 sprinkle,sparse,sperm.引申比喻義才華，熱情等。

spark (n.): Old English spearca "glowing or fiery particle thrown off," from Proto-Germanic *spark- (cognates: Middle Low German sparke, Middle Dutch spranke, not found in other Germanic languages). Electrical sense dates from 1748. Old French esparque is from Germanic.

Slang sense of "a gallant, a showy beau, a roisterer" (c. 1600) is perhaps a figurative use, but also perhaps from cognate Old Norse sparkr "lively." Spark plug first recorded 1902 (sparking plug is from 1899); figurative sense of "one who initiates or is a driving force in some activity" is from 1941.
spark (v.): c. 1200, "to emit sparks," from spark (n.). Meaning "to affect by an electrical spark" is from 1889. Figurative meaning "stimulate, to trigger" first attested 1912. Meaning "to play the gallant, to court" is from the 17c. secondary sense of the noun. Related: Sparked; sparking.

1. He passed an electric spark through a mixture of gases.: 他讓一束電火花穿過了一團(tuán)混合氣體。

2. Some bright spark turned the heating off last night!: 某個(gè)聰明過頭的家伙昨晚把暖氣關(guān)了。

3. His music lacked that vital spark of imagination.: 他的音樂缺少非常關(guān)鍵的那一點(diǎn)靈感。