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单词 chip fire
释义

chip firen.

Brit. /ˈtʃɪp ˌfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪp ˌfaɪ(ə)r/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chip n.2, fire n.
Etymology: < chip n.2 + fire n. In sense 2 after earlier chip pan fire n. at chip pan n. Compounds.
1. A fire made from small chips of wood or pieces of dung.
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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.
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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).
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