burn是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to be hurt, damaged, or destroyed by fire or extreme heat, or to cause this to happen -- （把…）燒壞；（使）燒傷；（使）燒毀；（使）曬傷；（使）燙傷

  • He was badly burned in the blaze. 他在大火中嚴重燒傷。

  • She burned his old love letters. 她燒掉了他的舊日情書。

  • The brandy burned (= felt too hot on) my throat. 白蘭地喝下去後我感到喉嚨裡火辣辣的。

  • On her first day in the Caribbean Josie was badly burned (= her skin became red and painful from too much sun). 到加勒比海的第一天，喬西就曬傷了。

  • Fair-skinned people burn easily in the sun. 白皮膚的人很容易曬傷。

  • Unable to escape, six people were burned alive/burned to death (= died by burning) in the building. 由於未能逃脫，有六個人在大樓裡被活活燒死。

  • The vegetables were burned to a crisp (= badly burned). 蔬菜燒焦了。

  • The building was burned to the ground ten years ago. 這幢建築十年前被燒毀了。

• 1 to be on fire, or to produce flames -- 著火；燒著；燃燒

  • The wood was wet and would not burn. 木頭濕了，燒不著。

  • Helplessly we watched our house burning. 我們無助地看著房子在燃燒。

  • A fire was burning brightly in the fireplace. 壁爐裡火燒得正旺。

• 2 to produce light -- 發光

  • I saw a light burning in her window. 我看見了她窗口的燈光。

• 3 If your face burns, it feels very hot. -- （臉）發燒，發燙

  • His face burned with embarrassment/shame/anger. 他因尷尬／羞愧／憤怒而感到臉上發燙。

• 4 to want to do something very much -- 迫不及待地想做…；渴望

  • She was burning to tell us her news. 她迫不及待想把她的消息告訴我們。

• 5 to copy information, recorded music, images, etc. onto a CD -- 把（資料、音樂、圖片等）複製（到光碟上）；刻錄；燒錄

  • Burn your favourite songs or your important files onto CDs. 把你最喜歡的歌曲或重要的文件燒錄到光碟上。

• 6 a place where fire or heat has hurt or damaged something -- 燒傷（的痕跡）；燙傷（的痕跡）

  • One rescue worker caught in the explosion sustained severe burns. 一名營救人員在爆炸中身上多處嚴重燒傷。

  • I noticed a cigarette burn in the carpet. 我注意到地毯上有煙頭燙出的痕跡。

• 7 a small stream -- 小溪