old flame

英 [ˌəʊld ˈfleɪm]

美 [ˌoʊld ˈfleɪm]

n.  旧情人

牛津词典

noun

• 旧情人
  a former lover
  1. She met an old flame at the party.
     她在聚会上遇到了旧情郎。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 旧情人;旧欢
  Anold flameis someone with whom you once had a romantic relationship.
  1. Sue was seen dating an old flame...
     有人看见休跟旧情人约会。
  2. Julia Samuel was one of Prince Andrew's old flames.
     朱莉娅·塞缪尔是安德鲁王子的旧欢之一。

双语例句

• She's not old enough to sustain a flame.
  她的年纪还不足以喷火。
• Methods 308 8-11-year old children were selected for examination of IQ by WISC-CR scale and for determination of the contents of calcium, zinc, iron and lead in hair by flame atomic spectrophotometry.
  方法选择308名8～11岁儿童用WISC-CR智力量表测定智商，用火焰原子吸收法测定头发中钙、锌、铁、铅含量。
• The NC system has been applied in the transformation of old NC flame cutting machines.
  该数控系统已应用于旧数控火焰切割机的改造中。
• Sometimes it arrives in the form of an old flame.
  有时候它以旧火花的形式出现。
• Penniman ever knew her husband was sending flowers to his old flame?
  你以为彭尼曼太太是否知道丈夫给老相好送花？
• There's a chance an old flame might be there.
  也许那儿可能有一点过去的热情吧。
• He is an old flame of Sarah's, from her days as a single girl about town.
  他是萨拉的旧情人，是她作为单身时髦女郎时的旧爱。
• You'd better forget your old flame.
  你最好忘掉昔日的恋人。
• He ran into an old flame of his at the supermarket.
  他在超级市场碰见了他的一个老相好。
• There are times that you can say this immediately but when your old flame comes back, you will crumble down and feel the pain again.
  有时候，这句话你可以脱口而出但是当旧爱来临，你又会觉得世界崩塌满是伤痕。