| 单词 | to burn away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto burn away a. To suffer destruction, injury, change of structure or properties from contact with fire; to be reduced to ashes, a cinder, etc., by fire; to be scorched, charred, etc. Often said of food spoiled by too great or prolonged exposure to heat in roasting or baking. to burn to (the inside of a vessel): to adhere to by burning; also with to (absolute as adverb). to burn away: to be gradually dissipated or consumed by burning (also quasi-reflexive. to burn itself away). Sometimes with adjectives denoting the result, as to burn black, brown, hard, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > devour or consume (of fire, etc.) > be devoured or consumed (by fire, zeal, etc.) to burn away?c1225 consumec1425 fire1565 smother1621 incinerate1800 to go up in smoke1933 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > be subjected or exposed to heat or fire [verb (intransitive)] > suffer damage or injury by heat or fire burn?c1225 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > burn or catch on bottom of cooking pot burn1709 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > undergo cooking [verb (intransitive)] > burn or catch on bottom of cooking pot to set toa1610 burn1725 catch1767 to sit on1824 α. β., δa1300 Cursor Mundi 22704 Þis midel erth..Al to noght sal brin awai.c1440 Anc. Cookery in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 439 Boyle hom togedur with esy fire, that hit brenne not.1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 296 A busshe al on fyre, & yet it brente not.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 272 Hwa bredde eauer inwið hire fur þet ha ne barnde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. ii. 44 The Capon burnes, the Pig fals from the spit. View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 10 You must take special care that your Iron burn not in the Fire. 1709 Brit. Apollo 18–23 Nov. The Pudding burnt unto the Pot. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Syrup Boil it [sugar] to a Caramel, and take great care it does not burn to. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iv. 267 The meat would inevitably burn, and become hard and tasteless. to burn away b. With adverbs or complement phrases. to burn up: to consume entirely by burning; figurative, to irritate, to upset, to enrage (U.S. slang.); also (U.S. colloquial) to travel through or along at speed. Also figurative. to burn away: to consume or dissipate gradually by burning. to burn out: to consume the contents and interior of (a building). So also to burn to, into (formerly also in) ashes, to burn to powder, etc.; and to burn (a building) down, to burn to the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] burna1000 forburnOE forswealc1000 swealc1000 to burn upc1175 forswithea1250 to-brenna1300 singea1400 scorchc1475 combust1483 combure1570 toast1577 flame1582 embroil1667 flagrate1756 underburn1841 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > the interior of to burn outc1175 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > burn to ashes to burn to, into (formerly also in) ashesc1175 to burn to powderc1175 adust?a1425 incinerate1555 adure1583 cinder1628 calcine1633 cinefy1654 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > by burning to burn outa1616 burn1858 society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > rapidly scourc1380 skirra1616 scud1632 bescour1837 to swallow up1890 to eat up1898 to burn up1909 the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > make angry wrethec900 abelgheeOE abaeileOE teenOE i-wrathec1075 wratha1200 awratha1250 gramec1275 forthcalla1300 excitea1340 grieve1362 movea1382 achafea1400 craba1400 angerc1400 mada1425 provokec1425 forwrecchec1450 wrothc1450 arage1470 incensea1513 puff1526 angry1530 despite1530 exasperate1534 exasper1545 stunt1583 pepper1599 enfever1647 nanger1675 to put or set up the back1728 roil1742 outrage1818 to put a person's monkey up1833 to get one's back up1840 to bring one's nap up1843 rouse1843 to get a person's shirt out1844 heat1855 to steam up1860 to get one's rag out1862 steam1922 to burn up1923 to flip out1964 α. β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13237 And al to pouder þai it brind [Fairf. brent].c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 16 Vas it [Carthage] nocht brynt in puldir ande asse.δ. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14668 & brenn itt all till asskess þær.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xlix. 8 Thei brenden vp the chosen cite of hoelynesse.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. vi. 10 The asken, the which the fier vowrynge brent out.1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Jii God..brente them all vp wyth brymstone.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H6v The fire, which them to ashes brent.1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. 176 It were a good job it were brenned down.c1305 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 4 Þe fire sal berne vp sinful man þat haþ misdo. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Diij Thonder and lytenynge shall..bourne theym all in po[w]der. 1611 Bible (King James) Job i. 16 The fire of God..hath burnt vp the sheepe. View more context for this quotation 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xv. 101 Although the house should be burned down, yet the tenant must continue to pay the rent. a1887 Mod. Newspaper. The first and second floors of the front building were burned out, roofs off. 1909 Chicago Tribune 21 Aug. 7/1 Barney [Oldfield] started to burn up the track and opened a big gap, leading the first lap. 1923 H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood i. 23 I certainly burnt Ajariah Stubbs up that day... I fell asleep..and I give a guy pepsin bismuth and a stiff argument, when all he says he asked for was a plain chocolate soda. 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) ii. 34 Naturally this crack burns Handsome Jack up quite some. 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) vii. 211 Ed is plenty burned up, and, my God, I don't blame him. 1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here xiii. 130 What burns me up is the fact that..7 per cent of all the families in the country earned $500 a year or less. 1937 C. Odets Golden Boy iii. ii. 214 We'll drive through the night... That's what speed's for, an easy way to live! Lorna darling, we'll burn up the night. 1943 P. Cheyney You can always Duck ii. 39 I told him the story, an' was he burned up! < as lemmas |
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