| 释义 |
Noun: firing fIring- The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- fire - The act of discharging a gun
- discharge, firing off - The act of setting something on fire
- ignition, lighting, kindling, inflammation - The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- dismissal, dismission, discharge, liberation, release, sack, sacking, heave-ho
Verb: fire fI(u)r [N. Amer], fIu(r) [Brit]- Start firing a weapon
- open fire - Cause to go off
"fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
- discharge - Bake in a kiln so as to harden
"fire pottery" - Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
"The boss fired his secretary today"
- displace, give notice, can [N. Amer], dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate - Go off or discharge
"The gun fired"
- discharge, go off - Drive out or away by or as if by fire
"The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold scepticism" - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, raise, provoke - Destroy by fire
- burn, burn down - Provide with fuel
"Oil fires the furnace"
- fuel
Derived forms: firings Type of: attack, bake, blast, burning, chase away, combustion, conclusion, create, destroy, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, ending, furnish, make, onrush, onset, onslaught, provide, remove, render, ruin, run off, shoot, shooting, shot, spifflicate, spiflicate, supply, termination, turn back Antonym: hire Encyclopedia: Fire, Bed, & Bone Fire Fire, Bed, and Bone Fire, Ice and Dynamite Fire, the play Fire, Bed & Bone Fire, Bed and Bone Firing |