spark
n
1 [C]
(a) tiny glowing particle thrown off from sth burning or produced when two hard substances (eg stone, metal, flint) are struck together 火花; 火星
Sparks from the fire were flying up the chimney. 火星沿著烟囱向上飘.
The firework exploded in a shower of sparks. 烟火炸开放出一阵火花.
Rubbing stones together produces sparks to start a fire. 用石头相擦可产生火花用来引火.
(b) flash of light produced by the breaking of an electric current (切断电流而产生的)电火花
a faulty light switch sending out sparks 冒著火花的有故障的电灯开关.
2 [sing] ~ of sth trace (of a particular quality) (某特质的)极微的量
He hasn't a spark of generosity in him. 他一点也不慷慨.
without a spark of enthusiasm 没有丝毫的积极性.
3 (idm 习语) a bright spark => bright. make the fur/sparks fly => fly2. spark, v [I]
1 give out sparks (spark 1); producesparks 发出火花; 冒火星
The fire is sparking dangerously.那堆火迸出火星, 十分危险.
2 (phr v) spark sth off (infml 口) be the immediate cause of (usu sth bad); lead to sth 直接导致(尤指坏事); 引发某事
His comment sparked off a quarrel between them. 他提的意见引起了他们之间的争吵.
The incident sparked off a whole chain of disasters. 那件事惹出了一连串的灾祸.
I suggest that we ask users of this machine what they think about it. We can photograph them using it too. Then we can put their comments at the top of the advertisement in big print. We can bring in some humour too. People enjoy reading humorous ads.