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 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。
• Have you ever seen your old flame?
  你还见过你的旧情人吗？
• 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。
• That's an old flame of yoursm rightm honey?
  他是你以前的情人吧，亲爱的？
• Sometimes it arrives in the form of an old flame.
  有时候它以旧火花的形式出现。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You'd better forget your old flame.
  你最好忘掉昔日的恋人。