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单词 to fire away
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to fire away
to fire away
1. intransitive.
a. To fire a weapon, esp. repeatedly or eagerly.Also as a command, in which fire is now apprehended as the verb in the imperative, although perhaps originally it was a use of the noun; see note at sense 13c.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] > repeatedly
palt1606
to fire away1727
1727 S. H. Jrnl. 17 Apr. in J. W. Fortescue Following Drum (1931) i. 7 The gunner..overeager fired away without the sign, & so spoiled the whole project.
1782 G. R. Fitzgerald Appeal to Public 359 This Deponent heard said Charles Lionel Fitzgerald, Esq; cry out to the men in the house and offices, ‘Fire away, my boys.’
1805 European Mag. & London Rev. Dec. 434/2 Fire away Flannagan—Bow wow—More cartridges and plenty of shot—Batter the hulls, and splinter the decks!
1894 T. W. Knox Lost Army xviii. 121 It formed a fine target for the rebel artillery, and they fired away at it with good effect.
1899 United Service Mag. Dec. 290 Fire away, men; fire anywhere: keep up your fire.
1970 J. A. Cash in J. Albright et al. Seven Firefights in Vietnam vi. 128 He..was firing away at the tank attacking the bunker entrance.
2004 Time Out N.Y. 1 Jan. 14/2 Any meathead can grab a Glock and fire away.
b. colloquial. To proceed to speak, play, sing, etc., esp. with energy and rapidity. Chiefly in imperative, esp. as an expression of permission or encouragement: ‘go ahead’, ‘proceed’.Originally a figurative use of sense 1a.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > and proceed with rapidity
to fire away1756
to ask away1844
rev1939
1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 398 Take out the tompkin of your mouth, and fire away loud as thunder.
1775 F. Burney Jrnl. 10 Mar. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 88 Mr. Burney fired away in a Voluntary.
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xvii. 117 Now then, Billy, fire away.
1841 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 67 Then Edgeworth fires away about the Odes of Pindar.
1880 J. Payn Confidential Agent III. 156 You tell it to me, and I will tell it to him. Fire away.
1945 G. Mitchell Rising of Moon v. 49Fire away,’ said Mr. Seabrook, ‘and no lies... Got it?’
1992 T. Enright tr. S. O'Crohan Day in our Life (1993) 50 Micí rambles in to me..to ask the latest news. I fire away with whatever comes into my head.
1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 426 ‘I acted on your answer. But I have another question.’ ‘Fire away.’
2. transitive. To use up (ammunition) by firing a gun or other weapon.
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1729 J. Braithwaite Hist. Revol. in Morocco 56 The Bashaw ordered them a Barrel of Powder to fire away; which they did as fast as they could load and fire.
1757 Genuine Tryal Admiral Byng 110 Two Rounds of Hammered, and four Rounds of Grape Shot fired away; so that only one of each Nature remained.
1800 A. Bishop Connecticut Republicanism 22 If you fire away at random 30 rounds of his majesty's powder and one of them takes full effect, why the man is dead! but he had a fair chance for his life.
1864 P. L. Macdougall Mod. Warfare xiii. 428 There is a tendency in the soldiers..to fire away their ammunition in a reckless and aimless manner.
1908 Jrnl. Mil. Service Instit. U.S. July 40 The troops..fired away all their ninety cartridges and had to retire for want of ammunition.
1993 J. J. Hennessy Return to Bull Run (1999) xix. 339 It took less than thirty minutes for each of the skirmishers to fire away their forty rounds of ammunition.
3. intransitive. To take a succession of photographs. Also transitive: †to expose (a plate) (obsolete). Cf. to fire off 4 at Phrasal verbs.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner
to fire away1859
stereograph1860
flashlight1886
shoot1890
snap1890
Kodak1891
snapshot1898
mug1899
mutoscope1899
telephotograph1899
mutograph1908
photomaton1927
soft-focus1928
minicam1937
microfiche1975
pap1993
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > expose
expose1839
to fire away1859
1859 Photogr. News 1 Apr. 44/1 I went back to the station, got the porter to carry up my camera, and fired away plate No. 1.
1900 Daily News 21 June 5/1 I..fired away at some Tommies trying to catch a pig.
1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. iv. 60 There is no doubt that the 35mm. user, with 36 frames on his roll, is much more apt to fire away indiscriminately.
2007 S. Bavister et al. New Photogr. Man. iv. 113 When you encounter an interesting subject, do not just fire away from where you are standing.
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