| 单词 | burn |
| 释义 | burn (once / 52 pages) 1vn 2v 3vn 4v 5v When things burn, they're on fire. People who live in the country sometimes burn leaves and brush, setting big piles alight until they're reduced to ash. A house can burn to the ground, and you can burn a stick of incense or a candle with a tiny flame. Another way things burn is from the heat of the sun, as your pale skin burns if you lie on a beach in your bathing suit with no sunblock. Yet another thing that burns is energy, whether it's a motorcycle that burns too much gasoline or a child who burns excess energy by jumping on a trampoline. WORD FAMILYburn: burnable, burned, burner, burning+/burnable: burnability/burner: burners/burning: burningly, burnings USAGE EXAMPLESThe burned woman was found outside the house. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Twenty bodies that were found inside the vessel were burned beyond recognition and were transferred to a police hospital for identification, said Col. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Smog worsens in the winter as coal burning spikes to provide heat for millions of people. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v destroy by fire They burned the house and his diaries Syn|Hypo|Hyper burn down, fire combust undergo combustion incineratecause to undergo combustion backfire set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire crematereduce to ashes torchburn maliciously, as by arson scorchdestroy completely by or as if by fire destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 2v burn with heat, fire, or radiation The iron burnt a hole in my dress Hypo|Hyper scald burn with a hot liquid or steam blacken, char, scorch, searburn slightly and superficially so as to affect color singe, swingeburn superficially or lightly damage inflict damage upon 3v cause to burn or combust The sun burned off the fog Syn|Hypo combust catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire start to burn or burst into flames ignite, light cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fireset fire to; cause to start burning char, coalburn to charcoal deflagratecause to burn rapidly and with great intensity fire up, light, light upbegin to smoke reigniteignite anew, as of something burning conflagrate, enkindle, inflame, kindlecause to start burning light upignite flare upignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down 4v cause to undergo combustion burn garbage The car burns only Diesel oil Syn|Hyper incinerate incinerate become reduced to ashes burn down, firedestroy by fire change integrity change in physical make-up 5v undergo combustion Maple wood burns well Syn|Hypo|Hyper combust burn down, fire destroy by fire burn down, burn up, go up burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire smolder, smoulderburn slowly and without a flame scorch, sear, singebecome superficially burned deflagrateburn with great heat and intense light flamebe in flames or aflame blaze up, burn up, flame up, flareburn brightly blazeburn brightly and intensely incineratebecome reduced to ashes change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 6v burn at the stake Witches were burned in Salem Hyper execute, put to death kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment 7v get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun Syn|Hyper sunburn color, colour, discolor, discolour change color, often in an undesired manner 8v burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent Syn|Hyper cauterise, cauterize care for, treat provide treatment for 9n damage inflicted by fire Hypo|Hyper scald the act of burning with steam or hot water damage, harm, hurt, scathe the act of damaging something or someone 10n a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) Syn|Hypo|Hyper burn mark cigarette burn a burn mark left by a smoldering cigarette blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) 11n an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation Hypo|Hyper electric burn a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current scorch, singea surface burn scalda burn cause by hot liquid or steam first-degree burnburn causing redness of the skin surface second-degree burnburn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis third-degree burnburn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis erythema solare, sunburnredness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 12n a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun 2Syn|Hyper sunburn, suntan, tan hyperpigmentation unusual darkening of the skin v shine intensely, as if with heat 3The candles were burning Syn|Hypo|Hyper glow gutter burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker beam, shine emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light 1v cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort The sun burned his face Syn|Hypo|Hyper bite, sting nettle, urticate sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation ache, hurt, smart be the source of pain 2v feel hot or painful My eyes are burning Syn|Hyper bite, sting cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort ache, hurt, smart be the source of pain 3v feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion She was burning with anger He was burning to try out his new skies Hyper experience, feel undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind 4n pain that feels hot as if it were on fire 4Syn|Hyper burning hurting, pain a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder 1v use up (energy) burn off calories through vigorous exercise Syn|Hyper burn off, burn up consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out use up (resources or materials) 2v spend (significant amounts of money) 5He has money to burn Hyper blow, squander, waste spend thoughtlessly; throw away v create by duplicating data burn a CD Syn|Hyper cut cut record a performance on (a medium) create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product |
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