单词 | fire |
释义 | firefiresfiredfiringfirefire2 verb1shoot [intransitive and transitive] to shoot bullets from a gunfire at/on/intoSoldiers fired on the crowd.soldierfire士兵向人群开枪。He fired three shots.fireshot他开了三枪。2job [transitive] to make someone leave their job SYN sack British English: She didn’t want to get fired.fire她不想被解雇。fire somebody from somethingI’ve just been fired from my job.befire我刚被解雇。3excite (also fire up) [transitive] to make someone very excited or interested in something: exciting stories that fired our imaginationexcitestoryfire激发了我们想象力的激动人心的故事4questions fire questions at somebody to ask someone a lot of questions very quickly: The reporters fired non-stop questions at him.reporterfirequestion记者们连珠炮似地向他发问。5using oil/gas oil-fired/gas-fired etc British English using oil, gas etc to produce heat or energy: a coal-fired power stationfire燃煤发电站Phrasal verbsfire away phrasal verb spoken used to tell someone that you are ready to answer questions: ‘Do you mind if I ask you something?’ ‘Fire away.’“问你一些事行吗?”“说吧。”THESAURUS: fireshoot to fire a gun at someone, or kill or injure someone with a gun: He shot a police officer.shootSomeone shot at our car.shootGunmen shot two security guards during a raid on a bank.gunmanshootguardfire to shoot bullets from a gun, or send an explosive object towards someone or something: The police fired into the air.fireThe gunman fired three bullets – luckily all of them missed.firebulletmissDozens of rockets were fired.rocketbefirelaunch to send a large rocket or missile into the air: The country will soon be able to launch nuclear weapons.weaponopen fire to start shooting: The soldiers opened fire, killing several protesters.soldieropenkillprotestershell to fire shells (=metal containers filled with explosives) in a war, using large guns: They started shelling the hospital.startshell |
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