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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This old flame, do you still have feelings for her?
  对于这段旧激情，你对她还有感觉吗？
• Sometimes it arrives in the form of an old flame.
  有时候它以旧火花的形式出现。
• 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。
• 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。
• She's not old enough to sustain a flame.
  她的年纪还不足以喷火。
• Sometimes it arrives in the form of an old flame, flickering back to life.
  有时它以旧火焰的形式出现，重回到生活中闪耀。
• 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。