| 单词 | fire |
| 释义 | firefiresfirefire1 /faɪə $ faɪr/ noun1 [uncountable and countable] uncontrolled flames and heat that destroy and damage things: Fire destroyed part of the building.destroybuild大火烧毁了这座大楼的一部分。Her father died in a fire.die她父亲死于一场火灾。on fire (=burning)The house is on fire!be房子着火啦！2[countable] a pile of burning wood or coal used to heat a room or cook food: a camp fire营火a coal fire 煤火Come and sit in front of the fire.坐到炉火前来吧。3[countable] British English a piece of equipment that uses gas or electricity to heat a room: an electric fire 一个电暖炉Could you turn the fire on, please?can请你打开暖炉﹐好吗？4[uncountable] when guns are fired: Troops opened fire on the demonstrators (=started shooting at them).troopopendemonstrator军队向示威群众开枪。Their car came under fire (=it was shot at).come他们的车遭到枪击。Hold your fire (=stop firing)!停止射击！Phrasescatch fire to start burning: One of the plane’s engines caught fire.enginecatch飞机的一台引擎着火。be/come under fire to be criticized: The plan quickly came under fire from the Democrats.comedemocrat该计划很快遭到民主党人的抨击。set fire to something (also set something on fire) to make something start burning: The crowd set fire to several vehicles.vehicle人群纵火焚烧了几辆汽车。COLLOCATIONS: fireverbsto start a fireThe police think that the fire was started deliberately.bestartto put out a fire (=to stop a fire burning)It took firefighters two days to put out the fire.takefirefighterday ► Do not say ’put off a fire’. Say put out a fire. to fight a fire (=try to make a fire stop burning)There was no one to fight the fire.beto bring a fire under controlFirefighters took more than an hour to bring the fire under control.firefightertakea fire burnsThe fire burned for several hours.burnhoura fire goes out (=it stops burning)It took days for the fire to go out.takedaya fire breaks out (=it starts suddenly)A fire broke out in the kitchen.breaka fire spreadsThe fire spread to the house next door.a fire rages (=it burns strongly for a long time over a large area)Huge fires are still raging out of control in California.fireberagesomething is damaged/destroyed by fireThe school was badly damaged by fire.bedamageadjectivesa big/huge/major fireA major fire broke out one night at the school.breaka small fireEven a small fire can quickly fill your home with smoke.noun + firea forest fireForest fires have spread to the edge of the city.firea house fireEvery year, hundreds of people die in house fires.hundredfireTHESAURUS: fireburn to produce heat and flames: A warm fire was burning in the sitting room.beburnsitIs something burning in the kitchen?beburnbe on fire if a building, car, piece of clothing etc is on fire, it is burning and the fire is damaging it: The car’s engine was on fire.beOne of the chimneys was on fire.chimneybecatch fire to start burning accidentally: A shop caught fire after a customer dropped a cigarette.catchdropTwo farm workers died when a barn caught fire yesterday.workerdiecatchburst into flames to start producing a lot of flames very suddenly, in a way that causes a lot of damage: The plane crashed and burst into flames.crashflamesmoulder British English, smolder American English to burn slowly and continuously, producing smoke but no flames: In the garden, the fire was still smouldering.besmouldera log of wood was smoulderingbesmoulder |
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