单词 | fire-bearing |
释义 | > as lemmasfire-bearing fire-bearing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > fire-bearing fieryc1300 igniferous1618 fire-bearing1713 1713 in T. Creech tr. Lucretius Of Nature of Things (new ed.) II. 476/2 The Antients believ'd the Stars to be either very Fire, or of a firy Nature, and therefore call'd the Æther ignifer, Fire-bearing. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 153 They set fire to the city..with fire-bearing arrows. 1932 London Q. Rev. Apr. 271 Birds that nestled in the fire-bearing tree came down to earth..bringing with them a branch charged with latent or visible fire. 2012 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 23 Aug. s1 The next fire-bearing relay is already on its way to London. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。