单词 | burning |
释义 | burning (bɜːʳnɪŋ ) 1. adjective You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot. ...the burning desert of Central Asia. Synonyms: very hot, boiling, baking, flaming Burning is also an adverb. He touched the boy's forehead. It was burning hot. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you say that someone has burning eyes, you mean they look at you in an intense way or have bright eyes because of a strong feeling. [literary] She glared at both of them with burning, reproachful eyes. Synonyms: flashing, blazing, flaming, gleaming 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you have a burning interest in something or a burning desire to do something, you are extremely interested in it or want to do it very much. I had a burning ambition to become a journalist. She had a burning desire to wreak revenge. Synonyms: intense, passionate, earnest, eager 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A burning issue or question is a very important or urgent one that people feel very strongly about. The burning question is: whose taxes should be raised? Idioms: someone's ears are burning said about someone who other people are talking about Howard's ears must have been burning as he was referred to as the `little man in the big house'. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: burn incense Converted to chanting and burning incense sticks? Times, Sunday Times (2008) The rest are busy giving hot-stone massages, burning incense sticks, renting out horses and flogging prime real estate to other foreigners. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Portraits of the royal family placed at crossroads were heaped with garlands of flowers and swathed in burning incense. BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002) Or they smoke with their head in the tumble dryer and burn incense all the time to disguise the smell. Times, Sunday Times (2015) People used to burn incense to please them. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Try burning incense or lighting a scented candle. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Dressing up and burning incense seems a strange way to be in touch with the Almighty. GOODBYE CURATE (2003) The sea's allure may well be as enigmatic as that of a burning fire: we stare at it, spellbound, but cannot say why. Times, Sunday Times Another belief deals with burning fire in the chief's kraal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He found there a burning fire and no provisions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We thought we were looking at the colors flickering in burning fire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once this toaster was finally created, three layers of burning charcoal over three layers of burning fire could be seen inside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this land of mystical dragons a burning flame had been extinguished. The Sun It's a burning flame to which all manner of moths are drawn. The Sun But the weekly-ness of preaching, the seeming daily-ness of criticism, the slowness of the change we see in people-can combine over time to diminish a brightly burning flame. Christianity Today In one sense the burning flame, while in a higher octave universal light, the energy of being. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bracers, however, had their limitations and couldn't protect the wearer from a large fire, since a constantly burning flame was too much for it to ward off. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He brings to the role unusual thoughtfulness, measured calm but a burning passion that possibly the iconic guerilla leader would have recognised. Times, Sunday Times You also need a burning passion for business. Times, Sunday Times Again no, he'd occasionally given her a peck on the cheek and said 'everything's going to be all right' - no burning passion. Times, Sunday Times But in a night of burning cigarettes and burning passion, it's the tenor and soprano who are smokin' hot. Times, Sunday Times Never mind the younger generation's burning passion to make a difference by direct action. Times, Sunday Times He suggests that a person decides on a burning question shortly before drifting off to sleep. Times, Sunday Times This week they are invited to a party with old friends, but return home with a burning question: why didn't you ask me to dance? Times,Sunday Times So, the burning question was: what will luxury look like in 60 years' time? Times, Sunday Times As for that burning question, pop sock or ankle? Times, Sunday Times She has one burning question to which she hasn't had an answer. Times, Sunday Times The heat in the forest seemed more intense - although sheltered from the burning sun, it felt like being in an oven. Times, Sunday Times The burning sun will once again add to their torments. Times, Sunday Times Even before the fighting began the armies were exhausted after a long hot march to the battlefield - 'a march of several miles under a burning sun,' one soldier recalled. Times, Sunday Times Terrible sound, burning sun, bad organisation - the promoter changed the set times at 6pm the day before the festival. Times, Sunday Times The spring weather brought freezing temperatures and an icy wind, but changed dramatically the instant the burning sun appeared. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 炙热的, 炙热的 Japanese: 焼けつくような, 激しい |
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