fire

英[ˈfaɪə(r)]美[ˈfaɪər]

n.火（灾），炉火，取暖器，火力，激情；

v.射击，解雇，烧制，(引擎)点火，驱动，唤起；

复数：fires;

第三人称单数：fires;

过去式：fired;

过去分词：fired;

现在分词：firing;

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His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。

The police hasn’t found out who set fire to the storehouse.警方还没查出是谁放火烧了仓库。

He suddenly cried out that the storehouse was on fire.他突然叫道仓库着火了。

The fire brigade was called out twice last night.消防队昨晚出勤两次。

Shall we keep the fire in or let out?我们是让火继续烧呢, 还是让它熄灭?

The fire will keep in if you add coal into it from time to time.不时添点煤, 火就不会熄。

Ready, aim, wait for it!Fire!准备, 瞄准目标, 注意!开火!

There are rumors in the air that dozens of people died in the fire.有谣传许多人在那场大火中死亡。

The crowd fell back to let the fire-engine through.人群向后退去,以便给消防车让路。

The cars all stopped to let the fire-engine by.车辆都停下来,让消防车通过。

英语六级真题

After the high-pressure Countdown round at this year's national MathCounts competition, in which the top 12 students went head to head solving complex problems in rapid fire, the finalists for the Math Video Challenge took the stage to show their videos.

Brazil opened a research station in 1984, but it was largely destroyed by a fire that killed two members of the navy in 2012, the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base.

Born in fire and fury, Devils Tower was then shaped by the slow, gentle work of wind and water.

It is also easier for a dissatisfied company to give its account to another agency than it would be to fire their own advertising staff.

The action should beconsistent with the firm's guidelines and may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, suspending them temporarily, or firing them.

The picture worsens with each round of El Nino, the unusually warm currents in the Pacific Ocean that drive up temperatures and invariably presage (预示) droughts and fires in the rain forest.

Runaway fires pour even more carbon into the air, which increases temperatures, starting the whole vicious cycle all over again

Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.

His logic: companies that embrace automation might use fewer workers, but that's still better than firing everyone and moving the work overseas.

She may have to be fired for poor performance.

Two employees the Chris hired were stealing, and he had to fire them.

The workers on strike were all fired.

After the high-pressure Countdown round at this year's national Math Counts competition, in which the top 12 students went head to head solving complex problems in rapid fire, the finalists for the Math video Challenge took the stage to show their videos.

As part of the upgrading of its rail yard, Kasselman, who is an inventor and self-proclaimed "steam visionary", is campaigning for a new steam train that runs without any fire and could run on an existing ten- kilometer line, driving tourists and perhaps

But less than a month before hand, inspectors found significant problems with the fire safety system and push the opening back again to 2013.

Probing the rock pools of a local beach or practising French on a language exchange can fire children's passions, boost their skills and open their eyes to life's possibilities.

This would generate steam that could be used to fill tanks on a small steam train without the use of fire.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-UNCOUNT

火

Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things that are burning.

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N-VAR

火灾;失火

Fire or a fire is an occurrence of uncontrolled burning which destroys buildings, forests, or other things.

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炉火;灶火;生成的火

A fire is a burning pile of wood, coal, or other fuel that you make, for example to use for heat, light, or cooking.

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N-COUNT

(电或煤气)取暖器

A fire is a device that uses electricity or gas to give out heat and warm a room.

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VERB

烧制(陶器等黏土制品)

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.

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VERB

(引擎)点火，打火

When the engine of a motor vehicle fires, an electrical spark is produced which causes the fuel to burn and the engine to work.

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VERB

(以某种燃料)驱动

If a machine is fired with a particular fuel, it operates by means of that fuel.

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VERB

激起;唤起;使充满激情;激发(想象力)

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.

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N-UNCOUNT

激情;生气;活力

You can use fire to refer in an approving way to someone's energy and enthusiasm.

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PHRASE

着火;起火;开始燃烧

If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.

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PHRASE

激动人心;赢得成功

If a situation or event catches fire, it begins to be exciting and successful.

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以火攻火;以*攻*;以其人之道还治其人之身

If you fight fire with fire, you deal with people attacking or threatening you by using similar methods to the ones that they are using.

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PHRASE

激情;生气;强烈的情感

If you say that someone has fire in their belly, you are expressing approval of them because they are energetic, enthusiastic, and have very strong feelings.

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PHRASE

着火;起火;在燃烧

If something is on fire, it is burning and being damaged or destroyed by an uncontrolled fire.

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PHRASE

热情似火;激动万分;激情澎湃

If you say that someone is on fire, you mean they are very enthusiastic, excited, or passionate about something.

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PHRASE

玩火;冒险;做危险的事

If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.

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PHRASE

放火烧;使燃烧

If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it.

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PHRASAL VERB

开动，发动(机器)

If you fire up a machine, you switch it on.

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PHRASAL VERB

激起…的热情(或积极性)

If you fire someone up, you make them feel very enthusiastic or motivated.

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英汉词典释义

n.

火

火灾; 炉火, 火堆

射击, 炮火, 火力

热情, 怒火, 热心

取暖器；暖气装置

vt. & vi.

开火; 射击

vt.

〈口〉解雇

射出（子弹）

射（箭）

激励；激起热情；使充满热情

点火；发动

以…为燃料的

烧制（陶器、砖等）

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the event of something burning (often destructive);

2. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;

3. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy;

4. a fireplace in which a fire is burning;

5. intense adverse criticism;

6. feelings of great warmth and intensity;

7. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

8. a severe trial;

Verb

1. start firing a weapon

2. cause to go off;

3. bake in a kiln so as to harden;

4. terminate the employment of;

5. go off or discharge;

6. drive out or away by or as if by fire;

7. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

8. destroy by fire;

9. provide with fuel;

行业词典

体育： 发射；射击；击发；猛力投球；使劲扔球；

医学： 发热，炎症；

土木工程： 消防系统: fire-fighting system；

机械： 耐火连接器: fire-proof connector 在规定的时间内能耐受规定温度的火焰的连接器。；

水产： ［船舶］消防设备: fighting equipment 供船上消除火灾、防止火灾蔓延以及保护消防人员用的各种器具。；

法律： 火刑；

电力： 耐火电缆: fire-resistant cable；

药学： 火；