单词 | chip fire |
释义 | chip firen. 1. A fire made from small chips of wood or pieces of dung. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > other fires moorburn1424 coal firea1450 commonty fire1573 moor-burning1610 stubble-firea1618 wheel-fire1662 night-fire1687 waterball1696 chip fire1795 neal-fire1813 bratchel1815 forge-fire1855 log-fire1878 electrical fire1900 slash fire1949 dumpster fire1957 chip pan fire1960 chip fire1985 1795 T. Ellicott in O. Evans Young Mill-wright & Miller's Guide v. 45 Make them hot alike all round with a chip fire which swells the iron. 1878 Times 21 Feb. 4/1 The workmen sit down huddled over their chip fires. 1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led iv. xiii. 232 Bill would be squatting or lying, eating some cold grub, or perhaps hunkered over his little chip-fire with a baking-powder bannock browning in the little frying pan. 2008 J. W. Brink Imagining Head-Smashed-In vii. 200 It turns out that buffalo chips burn really well... To our surprise, comparing the temperature of wood and chip fires, built side by side in the open air, showed very little difference. 2. A fire caused by the cooking oil or fat in a chip pan overheating beyond its flashpoint. Cf. chip pan fire n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > other fires moorburn1424 coal firea1450 commonty fire1573 moor-burning1610 stubble-firea1618 wheel-fire1662 night-fire1687 waterball1696 chip fire1795 neal-fire1813 bratchel1815 forge-fire1855 log-fire1878 electrical fire1900 slash fire1949 dumpster fire1957 chip pan fire1960 chip fire1985 1985 Daily Tel. 28 Dec. 2/7 Chip fire mayhem. [A man in Berkshire]..fell asleep cooking sausage and chips at his flat.., causing a fire which left 13 people homeless. 1993 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 July Family flees Thornbury chip fire. 2012 Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Nexis) 8 Aug. 4 Fire bosses believe safety messages and demonstrations along with the use of oven chips and deep fat fryers have all played their part in reducing the number of chip fires. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1795 |
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