| 单词 | burning |
| 释义 | burning (once / 115 pages) 1n 2adj WORD FAMILY burning: burningly, burnings+/burn: burnable, burned, burner, burning/burnable: burnability/burner: burners USAGE EXAMPLESSmog worsens in the winter as coal burning spikes to provide heat for millions of people. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The county bans firewood burning when the state issues high pollution warnings. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) A team of five or six inspectors will respond to complaints about wood burning. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light Syn|Hypo|Hyper combustion deflagration combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat fire, flame, flamingthe process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke internal combustionthe combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine) blaze, blazinga strong flame that burns brightly flarea sudden burst of flame ignitionthe process of initiating combustion or catching fire oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction 2n the act of burning something the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance Syn|Hypo|Hyper combustion arson, fire-raising, incendiarism malicious burning to destroy property firing, ignition, inflammation, kindling, lightingthe act of setting something on fire incinerationthe act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes cremationthe incineration of a dead body change of integrity the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something 3n execution by fire Syn|Hypo|Hyper burning at the stake auto-da-fe the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition) capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution putting a condemned person to death 4n execution by electricity Syn|Hyper electrocution capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution putting a condemned person to death 5n pain that feels hot as if it were on fire Syn|Hyper burn hurting, pain a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder 6n a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin 2Hyper torture, torturing the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason adj of immediate import burning issues of the day Syn important, of import of great significance or value |
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