fire
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈfaɪə(r)]
- 美式音标 [faɪr]
- 国际音标 ['faiə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 火；火灾；炮火；炉火；热情；激情；磨难
- vt. 点燃；解雇；开除；使发光；烧制；激动；放枪
- vi. 着火；射击；开枪；激动；烧火
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的fyr；最初源自原始日耳曼语的fuir，意为火，火把。
用法辨析
- fire作为物质名词表示“火”时是不可数名词,一般不加冠词,也不能用于复数形式。fire表示具体的炉火、火堆、一次火灾时是可数名词,表示“火灾”这一抽象事件时是不可数名词。fire引申可表示“射击”“炮火”“火力”,是不可数名词。
- fire用于比喻,意思是“热情”“怒火”“热心”,通常不可数,偶尔也用于复数形式,表示各种各样的强烈感情。
- fire用作名词的意思是“火”,转化为动词意思是“烧”“点燃”“开火”“射击”。引申可表示“激动”“发火”“发动”。
- fire可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
- fire后接介词at或on,表示“朝…开枪”,但未必打中。fire的进行体可表示“持续射击”。
- fire在口语中还可作“解雇”解。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- There is no smoke without fire.
无火不生烟,无风不起浪。 - There was no one to fire for them.
没有人替他们烧火。 - The police fired in an attempt to disperse the crowd.
警察开枪想驱散群众。 - The bandits fired a house.
土匪们烧了一所房子。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
S+～+to- v
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- arouse sb 's fire 唤起某人的热情
- bring the fire under control 把火势控制住
- build a fire 生火
- catch fire 着火;烧着;开始燃烧;失火
- cause a fire 引起火灾
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
英英字典
- (FLAMES) (material that is in) the state of burning that produces flames that send out heat and light, and might produce smoke
- (SHOOT) the shooting of guns or other weapons
- (EMOTION) strong emotion
- (SHOOT) to cause a weapon to shoot bullets, arrows, or missiles
- (REMOVE FROM A JOB) to remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them
- (EXCITE) to cause a strong emotion in someone
- (HEAT) to heat objects made of clay in a kiln (= a special oven) so that they become hard
- Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things that are burning.
- Fire or a fire is an occurrence of uncontrolled burning which destroys buildings, forests, or other things.
- A fire is a burning pile of wood, coal, or other fuel that you make, for example, to use for heat, light, or cooking.
- A fire is a device that uses electricity or gas to give out heat and warm a room.
- When a pot or clay object is fired, it is heated at a high temperature in a special oven, as part of the process of making it.
- When the engine of a motor vehicle fires, an electrical spark is produced which causes the fuel to burn and the engine to work.
- If you fire someone with enthusiasm, you make them feel very enthusiastic. If you fire someone's imagination, you make them feel interested and excited.
- If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- If something is on fire, it is burning and being damaged or destroyed by an uncontrolled fire.
- If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it.
- to have irons in the fire&rarrsee iron
- like a house on fire&rarrsee house
- where there's smoke there's fire&rarrsee smoke
- If someone fires a gun or a bullet, or if they fire, a bullet is sent from a gun that they are using.
- firing
- If you fire an arrow, you send it from a bow.
- If you fire questions at someone, you ask them a lot of questions very quickly, one after another.
- You can use fire to refer to the shots fired from a gun or guns.
- If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- If you are in the line of fire, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you. If you move into their line of fire, you move into a position between them and the thing they were aiming at.
- If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- If you come under fire or are under fire, someone starts shooting at you.
- If you come under fire from someone or are under fire, they criticize you strongly.
- If an employer fires you, they dismiss you from your job.
- firing
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专业释义
- 火灾
It collects anti-invasion, anti-fire, and other functions.
它集防盗贼入侵、防火灾等功能于一体。 - 引发
- 激发
- 火
- 射
- 仙童公司综合执行程序 (fairchild integrated real-time executive)
- 射击
- 放炮警告
- 火彩
- 解雇
- 解雇
- 开火
- 火