Of an internal-combustion engine or its fuel: to ignite or explode prematurely. Also transferred, e.g. of a firearm.
| 单词 | θ164602 | 
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms			[verb (intransitive)]		 > of gun: go off or fire > prematurely (1)		 backfire1938 Of an internal-combustion engine or its fuel: to ignite or explode prematurely. Also transferred, e.g. of a firearm.  | 
	
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