spark

英 [spɑːk] 美[spɑrk]

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复数: sparks;第三人称单数: sparks;过去式: sparked;过去分词: sparked;现在分词: sparking;

1. 谐音比较像“星巴克”-----所以与“火星、火花”有关。
2. 星火英语：Spark.

spark 火花，火星，才华，热情

来自古英语 speraca,火花，火星，来自 Proto-Germanic*spark,火花，来自 PIE*sperg,播，洒，溅，来自 PIE*sper,播，洒，词源同 sprinkle,sparse,sperm.引申比喻义才华，热情等。

spark (n.): Old English spearca "glowing or fiery particle thrown off," from Proto-Germanic *spark- (cognates: Middle Low German sparke, Middle Dutch spranke, not found in other Germanic languages). Electrical sense dates from 1748. Old French esparque is from Germanic.

Slang sense of "a gallant, a showy beau, a roisterer" (c. 1600) is perhaps a figurative use, but also perhaps from cognate Old Norse sparkr "lively." Spark plug first recorded 1902 (sparking plug is from 1899); figurative sense of "one who initiates or is a driving force in some activity" is from 1941.
spark (v.): c. 1200, "to emit sparks," from spark (n.). Meaning "to affect by an electrical spark" is from 1889. Figurative meaning "stimulate, to trigger" first attested 1912. Meaning "to play the gallant, to court" is from the 17c. secondary sense of the noun. Related: Sparked; sparking.

1. He passed an electric spark through a mixture of gases.: 他让一束电火花穿过了一团混合气体。