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

• 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。
• 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。
• Modern and time immemorial stand opposite mutually, the lank type and the impact of the classicality, speed increasingly along with the development step, occasionally will discover that the old flame in the life is still the most beautiful.
  现代与远古的相互对立，板式与古典的冲击，随着发展步伐的日益加快，偶尔会发现生活中的旧爱仍是最美。
• She's my old flame.
  她是我过去的情人。
• There's a chance an old flame might be there.
  也许那儿可能有一点过去的热情吧。
• 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。
• 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。