单词 | fire wind |
释义 | > as lemmasfire wind fire wind n. a strong wind caused by a conflagration; cf. firestorm n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > following a conflagration fire wind1836 firestorm1945 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive > fire-storm started by bombing fire wind1836 firestorm1945 1836 tr. J. H. Gray Umbreit's Bk. of Job I. iv. 97 (note) This strong picture of ruin recalls the desolating fire-winds [Ger. Gluthwind] which we found in ch. i. 16. 1946 Atomic Bombings Hiroshima & Nagasaki (Manhattan Engineer District, U.S. Army) 17 The wind velocity in the city had been less than 5 miles per hour before the bombing, but the fire-wind attained a velocity of 30–40 miles per hour. 2000 C. D. Whiteman Mountain Meteorol. xi. 202 The resulting fire winds, which blow toward the fire column, can be very strong. < as lemmas |
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