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单词 to fire off
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to fire off
to fire off
1. transitive. To discharge (a gun or other firearm); to shoot (a weapon).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)]
loosec1400
fire1508
let1553
pop1595
report1605
unlade1611
to fire off1706
to let off1714
squib1811
to set off1881
to ease off1916
poop1917
1706 G. Berkeley Descr. Cave of Dunmore in Wks. (1951) IV. 260 I desired one of our company to fire of his gun.
1777 T. Anburey Let. 12 July in Trav. Interior Parts Amer. (1789) I. 333 They struck the butt end of their piece upon the ground, and bringing it to the present, fired it off.
1846 M. B. Betham-Edwards Jrnl. 26 Dec. in A. R. Johnston et al. Marching with Army of West (1936) 237 A sentinel accidentally fired off his gun.
1891 Dict. National Biogr. X. 933/1 His [sc. Samuel Johnson's] courage was remarkable; he separated savage dogs, swam into dangerous pools, fired off an overloaded gun, and defended himself against four robbers single-handed.
1900 N.Y. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 2/5 A Hill-Billie..talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him.
1921 A. P. Poley Imperial Commonw. xi. 171 On the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's birthday, the English ran up St. George's flag and fired off guns.
1959 I. Jefferies Thirteen Days ii. 29 The idea was to jerk the gun and fire it off like a rattle.
1995 D. Brown Amer. West v. 106 He then stepped quickly outside and fired off the weapon.
2. transitive.
a. To shoot (a bullet or other projectile) from a gun or other firearm. Also: to let off (a firework).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > fire (a missile) from gun
to shake off1583
fire1598
to fire off1731
poop1917
squeeze1956
1731 Polit. State Great Brit. May 538 Three Rounds were fired off.
1853 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 31 Dec. 150/2 How different the times now are, when compared with the times in which those cannon-balls were fired off!
1862 Times 16 June 11/5 He at once admitted that the defendant had fired off a shot.
1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxvi. 315 A grey-headed old man comes out and fires off crackers.
1921 V. Stefansson Friendly Arctic xlv. 452 We spent much of the evening outdoors, shouting and firing off ammunition.
1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 67 The thirty men on the ridge now started shouting, and Badri on hearing them got hold of his shot gun and fired off ten rounds.
1999 T. Harnden Bandit Country (2000) ii. 85 Having fired off a whole magazine I whipped back behind a wall.
b. To utter or compose (a statement, question, letter, etc.) in a rapid or abrupt manner; to direct (statements, questions, etc.) at a person forcefully and in rapid succession.
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1850 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) III. xxvii. 214 He had a most effective style of firing off his joke.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxi. 600 The great set speeches being fired off..with a view to their circulation in the country.
1900 Sketch 21 Feb. 191/2 She persisted in firing off Ollendorfian French at the waiters.
1962 P. Green tr. S. de Beauvoir Prime of Life viii. 443 His wife, with a great air of ingenuousness, fired off embarrassing home truths and non sequiturs.
1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together v. 133 I find myself play-acting, laughing at Amy's jokes, firing off question after question.
2010 Independent 30 Dec. 8/3 The Prime Minister..fired off memos to Mr Howe and Mr Richardson.
3. intransitive. Of a person: to react with sudden anger; to explode with rage. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > to rage (of fury) [verb (intransitive)] > be or become furious
wedec1000
resea1250
ragea1400
rampc1405
rase1440
outragea1475
stampc1480
enragec1515
ournc1540
gry1594
fury1628
rampage1692
to stamp one's foot1821
to fire off1848
foam1852
fire1859
to stomp one's feetc1927
to spit chips1947
to spit cotton1947
to spit blood1963
to go ballistic1981
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 589 Madame de Belladonna..fired off in one of her furies.
4. transitive. To take (a photograph); to operate (a flash). Also intransitive: †to take a rapid succession of photographs (obsolete). Cf. to fire away 3 at Phrasal verbs.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)]
photograph1839
take1839
photogenize1841
photographize1841
to fire off1860
photo1865
1860 Photogr. News 20 July 148/1 The first plate having been successful, others were fired off at the sun in rapid succession.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 51 What is the object of firing off at a street view..with the shutter set at 1/ 70 second when 1/ 25 would be fast enough?
1939 K. Henney & B. Dudley Handbk. Photogr. iv. 93 Synchronized flash guns..enable the photographer to fire off a flash bulb at the same instant the shutter of his camera is opened.
1991 Photo Answers Aug. 18/2 After firing off just one frame the rainbow faded.
2000 J. Goldman Dreamworld xvii. 127 She grabbed her camera from the glovebox and fired off a couple of shots of him as he retreated.
5. transitive. To cause the fire in (a kiln) to cease burning. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > furnace or kiln > stop stoking or cause to stop burning
to blow out1864
to fire off1884
1884 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks 283 When the first kiln has been fired-off.
1922 Brick & Clay Rec. 3 Oct. 463/1 About 12 hours after a kiln has been fired off, this blower is set up and the heat blown out of the kiln.
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