| 单词 | fire |
| 释义 | fire I. 1. a. b. c. fires plural < the deep internal fires of this volcanic region > < the fires of hell > d. (1) < the younger men, the warriors, the new leaders who had fire in their hearts — Marjory S. Douglas > (2) < the glow and fire of a faith that was content to bide its hour — B.N.Cardozo > (3) < color and fire were imparted to the works of the classic master — A.E.Wier > < the force and fire of his oratory > 2. a. < warmed his hands at the crackling fire > < stirred up the fire with a poker > — compare open fire b. Britain < electric fires designed for efficiency — Punch > 3. a. < engines clanging their way to the fire > b. < he was going back … to carry the city by fire and sword — Frank Yerby > c. (1) < forced the shocked prelate, under threat of the fire, to confess heresies he was not guilty of — G.C.Sellery > (2) < he had proved himself in the fire of battle > — often used in plural < workers whose ideas have been tested in the fires of performance — G.T.Trewartha > 4. a. dialect Britain b. archaic 5. a. b. 6. 7. a. < troops rent by a heavy fire > b. < atomism had come under the fire of the Socratic schools — Benjamin Farrington > < the fire of his article is concentrated on the two hapless institutions — Nicolas Slonimsky > c. < they fell to, a running fire of comments going on all the time — Robert Keable > 8. < with the fire of the drink melting the cold that was in the marrow of our bones — Mary Deasy > • - on fire II. transitive verb 1. a. < fired the house > b. (1) < the oven holds sufficient heat to fire a fresh charge of coal — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > — often used with up < he fired up a cigar — Gilbert Millstein > (2) < fired the train of powder > < fire a mine > (3) (4) c. (1) < his description fired my imagination > < fired his ambition for a college education > (2) < he was fired by her fresh young beauty > d. < his eye had caught the flash of larkspur and snapdragons that fired the lawn — G.M.Smith > 2. a. < such surrender is above all things delightful … it fires the cold skepticism out of us — Virginia Woolf > b. < fired him with one week's notice > also 3. a. (1) < fire a charge of dynamite > (2) < fire cannonballs > < fire an arrow > < fire a rocket > : discharge < fire a musket > (3) < fired a 68 > b. < stripped to his shorts and fired the wet clothes into the corner of the closet — Charles Jackson > < throwing clods at me by way of contempt and derision, and I fired back rocks — W.A.White > < fired a long pass to the left end > c. < fired questions at the prisoner > 4. a. < fire pottery > b. c. < fire a boiler > : build a fire under in order to heat < unless you have lived by lamplight or fired a washpot in the back yard, you'll never know what electricity means — James Street > d. < fire tea leaves > e. f. < a freeze comes in and I must fire my young orange grove — Marjorie K. Rawlings > intransitive verb 1. a. < damp gunpowder will not fire > b. c. < her features fired at the thought; she clenched her hands in anger > d. (1) of flax (2) 2. < fired inwardly at these sarcasms — Tobias Smollett > — often used with up < fired up with a superb indignation — H.J.Laski > 3. a. < fire at point-blank range > b. < as long as the tail is lowered, the skunk will not fire — Animal Trap Co. of American > < the archers raised their bows but did not fire > 4. < iron-bearing clays fire to a red color > 5. < the ship's firemen went on strike, and there was no one to fire > 6. Synonyms: see dismiss III. 1. < fire building > < fire floor > 2. < fire bucket > < fire district > < fire hydrant > 3. IV. < the rate at which a neuron fires > |
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