| 单词 | burn off |
| 释义 | burn offSEE SYNONYMS FOR burn off ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to clear (land) of vegetation by burning to get rid of (unwanted gas at an oil well, etc) by burning noun burn-offan act or the process of burning off Words nearby burn offburning question, burn into, burnish, burnisher, Burnley, burn off, burn one's bridges, burn oneself out, burn one's fingers, burnoose, burnous Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with burn offburn off Dissipate by heat, as in The sun will soon burn off the morning fog. Clear land by burning vegetation, as in They've decided to burn off part of the field to prepare it for another planting. This practice has long been common in many parts of the world, but the precise term dates only from the first half of the 1800s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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