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

• 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。
• You could have a change of heart if an old flame waltzes back into your life.
  如果旧时激情重回你的生活，你的内心或许会有一丝改变。
• The problems existed in old automatic flame changeover devices are pointed out and the improvement on automatic flame changeover by using the combination of programmable controller and single loop controller are described in detail.
  本文在指出以往火焰自动换向装置所存在的问题之后，详细介绍了采用可编程控制器与单回路调节器相结合，对窑炉火焰自动换向所作的改进。
• 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 one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
  昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人。
• Sometimes it arrives in a form of an old flame, flickering back to life, or a new friend who could end up being so much more, or a young child who wakens feelings we didn't know we had.
  有时它们以闪回的火花形式出现；有时是一个意义深远的新朋友；有时是一个触发我们不曾有过的感觉的婴儿。
• 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。
• She knew her husband was suspicious that she might still have feelings for her old flame.
  她知道，丈夫怀疑她对旧情人还有感觉。
• You'd better forget your old flame.
  你最好忘掉昔日的恋人。
• I was in a pub with my wife the other evening when I met an old flame and the three of us got on remarkably well together.
  前不久的一个晚上我和妻子在酒店时，我遇见了旧情人，我们3人在一起相处得极好。