1540s, "spread out" (hair), of unknown origin, perhaps from Scandinavian or from Dutch vlederen. Meaning "shine out with a sudden light" is from 1630s. The notion of "spreading out in display" is behind the notion of "spreading gradually outward" (1640s). Related: Flared; flaring.
flare (n.)
"a giving off of a bright, unsteady light," 1814, from flare (v.). This led to the sense of "signal fire" (1883). The astronomy sense is from 1937. Meaning "a gradual widening or spreading" is from 1910; hence flares "flared trousers" (1964).
例文
1. Don 'tspill too much fat on the barbecue as it could flare up.
焼き肉に油をかけすぎないで、焼き上がります。
2.There 's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
南アフリカで暴力的な衝突が急に激化した。
3.a flare -up of tension between the two sides
双方が張り合っている
I saw the sudden flare of a flashlight in the darkness.
暗闇の中で懐中電灯が突然光るのを見た。
5.The flare overshot its target and set light to a hotel.