英和和英

名詞

blazes

1. plural of blaze

名詞

blazes pl (plural only)

1. (euphemistic) hell

   Where the blazes were you?

   • 2011 January 6, David Carr, “Marshall McLuhan: Media Savant”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Yes, we all know that McLuhan was a rock star […] but what in blazes was he talking about?

   • 2018, P. A. Gawel, “From the Water, it Looks Like an Island”, in Son of a Son of the Thin Man in Murder Along the Crooked Way, Meadville, Pa.: Christian Faith Publishing, →ISBN:

     “As a mainlander you’ll be referred to as a fudgie by the islanders.” “What the blazes is a fudgie?” “They call you fudgie, like the rest of the tourists who go there to buy some of the most delicious fudge in the world from one of the many fudge shops on the island.”

派生語

• blue blazes
• go to blazes
• hot as blazes

動詞

blazes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blaze

副詞

blazes (not comparable)

1. (slang) hellishly, extremely

   It gets blazes hot here in the summer.

間投詞

blazes

1. Expression of frustration, shock, or both.

アナグラム

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