| 单词 | fire |
| 释义 | fire1 /'faia(r); fair/ n 1 [U] condition of burning: 火： F~ burns. 火赢烧。 There is no smoke without ~, (prov) There is always some reason for a rumour. (N) 无火不起烟; 无风不起浪。 on ~, burning: 着火; 失火： The house was on ~. 这房屋失火了。 play with ~, take foolish risks, 玩矢。 set sth on ~; set ~ to sth, cause it to begin burning: 放火; 焚烧; 縦火： He set the haystack on ~. 他将那干草堆燃着了。 not (wer)/never set the 'Thames on ~, not do anything remarkable: 勿做惊人之举： tom's not the sort of boy who will ever set the Thames on ~, distinguish himself. 汤姆不是那种会做出惊人之举的孩子。 catch ~，begin to burn: 着火; 开始燃烧： Paper catches ~ easily. 纸悬着火。 strike ~ from, get sparks from (by striking or rubbing): 由…打火; 擦火： strike ~ from flint. 由健石打火。 2 [U] destructive burning: 火灾： Have you insured your house against ~? 你的有子保过火险没有？ ~ and sword, burning and killing (in war). (战时)杀人放火。 risk(s), possible or likely cause(s) of ~. 可能造成火灾南原因。 3 [C] instance of destructive burning: 火灾的实例： forest ~s; 森林火灾; a ~ in a coal-mine. 煤碛火熨。 4 [C] burning fuel in a grate, f urnace, etc to heat a room, building, for cooking, etc: 炉火： The weather is too warm for ~s. 天气很暖和，不需要生烧火。 There's a ~ in the next room. 隔壁房间有域火。 lay a ~, put paper, wood, coal, etc together ready for use. 癌起燃料以备生火。 make a ~, lay a ~ and light it. 生火。 make up a ~, add fuel as it burns low. 加燃料于火。 ejectric '~， heater using an incandescent element。). 电暖气炉。 'gas-, heater using lighted gas(2). 瓦斯炉。 5 [U] shooting (from guns). 炮火。 between two ~s, shot at from two directions. 在两面炮火夹攻下。 Asg ~, → hang1 (4). open/cease ~, start/stop shooting. 开(停)火。 under ~, being shot at. 在炮火下。 running ~, a a succession of shots from a line of troops. (一列士兵之) 炮火连发。 b (fig) succession of criticisms, hostile questions, etc. (喻) 一连串的批评，责难 ■ 等。 6 [U] strong emotion; angry or excited feeling; enthusiasm: 热情; 愤怒; 兴奋; 热心： a speech that lacks ~, is uninspiring; 缺少热情的演说; eyes full of ~. 充满热情 (愤恨) 的眼睛。 7 (compounds) (复合字) '~-alarm n apparatus (bell, etc) for making known the outbreak of a ~. 贝警，报器。 '~arm n (usu pl) rifle, gun, pistol or revolver. (通常用复数) 轻武器; 枪车。 n (esp) centre of an exploding atomic bomb. 火球; (尤指) 原子弹的爆炸中心。'bird n N American bird with orange and black plumage. 金锡鸟 (北美所产，有橙黄色和黑色羽毛) 。 '~-bomb n one that burns fiercely and causes destruction by ~. 烧夷弹; 燃烧弹。 → napalm. '~box n fuel-chamber of a steam-engine. 蒸汽机之燃烧室; 火箱。 '~brand n piece of burning wood; (fig) person who stirs up social or political strife. 燃烧的木柴; (喻) 煽动社会或政治变乱者。 ' ~ break n a (in a forest) wide strip of land without trees (to lessen the risk of a forest ~ spreading). 防火线 (森林中一片无树木的寛长地，以防火灾蔓延) 。 b wall or barrier of incombustible material in a warehouse, factory, etc. (仓库, 工厂等中之) 防火箱。 '~brick n kind of brick, proof against ~, used in grates, furnaces, chimneys, etc. 耐火传。'brigade n organized team of men who put out ~s. 消防队; 救火队。 '~- bug n (sl) person who commits arson. (匝) 龙火犯。 '~clay n [U] kind used for ~-bricks. 耐人站土 (制耐火碑用) 。 ' ~- control n [U] system of regulating the firing of guns. 射击控制 (调整射击之系统) 。 ' ~ cracker n small ~ work that explodes with a cracking noise, 爆竹准炮。 '~damp n [U]' gas in coal-mines, explosive when mixed in certain proportions with air. (煤矿坑内之) 沼气; 甲烷。 ' ~- dog n andiron. (烧之) 薪架。 ~ drill n practice of routine to be followed when ~ breaks out, eg on a ship, 消防演习; 救火演习 (例如船上举行者) 。 ' ~- eater n person who quickly gets angry and ready to fight. 性情暴躁而好归之人。 ~ engine n machine, manned by ~ men, for throwing water on to a ~. 救火车。'escape n outside staircase by means of which people may leave a burning building; apparatus, kind of extending ladder, used by ~men to save people from a burning building. 太平梯; 救火队员所用的救火梯。 ~ extinguisher n portable metal cylinder with chemical substance, etc inside, for putting out a small 灭火器。 ' fighter n ― ~man (b); (esp) man who fights forest ~s. 消防队员 (尤指救森林火灾者) 。 ~- fly n (pl -flies) winged beetle that sends out phosphorescent light. 萤火虫。 ~ guard n protective metal framework or grating round a ~ in a room. 炉栏。 '~hose n hose-pipe used for extinguishing ~s. 水龙带。 '~-irons n pl poker, tongs, shovel, etc (kept near a ~place). 火炉用具 (拨火棒，火钳，火钟等) 。 ~ light n light from the ~ in a ~ place: 炉火之火光： sitting in the Tight. 围烟而坐。 '~lighter n piece or bundle of fuel for kindling a ~ (4). 火种; 引火物。 ,~man /-man; -maen/ n (pl -men) a man who looks after the ~ in a furnace or steam-engine. (管理炉火或蒸汽机的) 火夫; 司炉。 b member of a —brigade. 消防队员; 救火队员。 '~-place n grate or hearth for a ~ in a room, usu of brick or stone in the wall. 壁炉。' ~ plug n connection in a water-main for a ~-hose. 消防栓。 ' ~- power n [U] capacity to fire (6), expressed as the total number and weight of shells fired per minute: 火力; 火 ■ ( 以每分钟射出的炮弹总数和重量计算)： the ~-power of a cruiser. 巡洋鉴的火力。 '~proof adj that does not burn; that does not crack or break when heated. 耐火的; 防火的。 '~-raising n [U] arson. 纵火。 'F— Service, (now the official term for) —brigade(s). 救火队; 消防队 (现为正式名称) o'— Side n the ~ side, part of a room round the ~place: 炉边： sitting at the ~ side; 坐在域边： (fig) home life; (喻) 家庭生活; (attrib) (形容用法) a ~ side chair; 炉边之椅; a homely ~ side scene. 家常的炉边情景。 ' ~ station n building for a ~-brigade and M equipment. 消防队驻所。 ~ stone n ~proof stone (in a ~place, etc). 炉石 (壁炉之防火石) 。 '~walking n [U] ceremony of walking barefoot over stones heated by ~, or over white-hot wood-ash, etc. 渡火 (赤足在灼热的石上或炭灰等上行走的一种仪式) 。 Hence, 由此产生， '~-walker n '■~-watcher n (in World War II) person whose duty was to watch for ~s started by bombs dropped from the air. (二次世界大战时) 空袭火灾警戒员。 Hence, 由此产生， '→watching n [U] '■ water n (colloq) spirits such as whisky, gin and rum. (U)烈酒 (如戏士忌，杜松子酒和兰酒) 。 '~wood n wood prepared for lighting ~s or as fuel. 柴; 薪。 '~work n [C] device containing gunpowder and chemicals, usjed for making a display at night, or as a signal; (pl) (fig) display of wit, anger, etc. 烟火; (复) (喻) 机智，愤怒等的表现。 a firework display |
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