首页英语词典firefire英英释意

fire

英 ['faɪə] 美[faɪr]
  • n. 火;火灾;炮火;炉火;热情;激情;磨难
  • vt. 点燃;解雇;开除;使发光;烧制;激动;放枪
  • vi. 着火;射击;开枪;激动;烧火

英英释意


1. the event of something burning (often destructive);
"they lost everything in the fire"
2. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;
"fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
3. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy;
"hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"
"they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
4. a fireplace in which a fire is burning;
"they sat by the fire and talked"
5. intense adverse criticism;
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
"the government has come under attack"
"don't give me any flak"
6. feelings of great warmth and intensity;
"he spoke with great ardor"
7. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
8. a severe trial;
"he went through fire and damnation"