fire
英 ['faɪə]
美[faɪr]
- 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
英英释意
- 1. the event of something burning (often destructive);
- "they lost everything in the fire"
- 2. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;
- "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
- 3. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy;
- "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"
- "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
- 4. a fireplace in which a fire is burning;
- "they sat by the fire and talked"
- 5. intense adverse criticism;
- "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
- "the government has come under attack"
- "don't give me any flak"
- 6. feelings of great warmth and intensity;
- "he spoke with great ardor"
- 7. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- 8. a severe trial;
- "he went through fire and damnation"
