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单词 blaze of glory
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blaze of glory

English

Noun

blaze of glory (plural blazes of glory)

  1. An impressive but brief display of strength before expiring, in the way that a fire burns more brightly shortly before burning out.
    • 1718, Alexander Pope, trans., Homer, The Iliad, Book XVII, line 240.
      A blaze of glory ere thou fad'st away.
  2. A sight, usually associated with a deity, that is forbidden or that is too glorious to behold.
    • 1686, John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther:
      Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light,/A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
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