Word · 単語
炎上
Reading えんじょう
going up in flames
- 1 going up in flames, destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)
- 2 stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.), becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
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例文 · examples
船が炎上した。
The ship went up in flames.
sense 1 · going up in flames
家は炎上していた。
The house was in flames.
sense 1 · going up in flames
突然、納屋が爆発炎上した。
All of a sudden, the barn went up in flames.
sense 1 · going up in flames
３０階建の超高層ビルが突然爆発炎上した。
All of a sudden, the thirty-story skyscraper went up in flames.
sense 1 · going up in flames
彼は幸運にも炎上しているビルから救出された。
He had the good fortune to be rescued from the burning building.
sense 1 · going up in flames