fire是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (material that is in) the state of burning that produces flames that send out heat and light, and might produce smoke -- 火；（燃燒著的）燃料，柴火

  • Animals are usually afraid of fire. 動物通常都怕火。

  • The fire was started by children playing with matches. 這場火災是由小孩玩火柴引起的。

  • 40 people helped to put out (= stop) the fire. 40個人幫忙撲滅了大火。

  • The library was badly damaged in the fire. 圖書館在火災中嚴重受損。

  • How many historic buildings are damaged by fire each year? 每年有多少座歷史建築毀於大火？

  • She had to be rescued when her house caught (US caught on) fire (= started to burn). 房子著火時，她被救了出來。

  • It's very cold in here - should I light a fire? 這裡面真冷，我把爐火點起來好嗎？

  • We built a fire on the beach. 我們在海灘上生了堆火。

  • We put up our tents and made a small fire. 我們搭起了帳篷，生了一個小火。

  • If your home was on fire and you could save only one thing, what would it be? 如果你家著火了，而你只能搶救出一樣東西，你會拿甚麼呢？

  • a gas/electric fire 煤氣取暖器／電暖器

  • If you're cold just put the fire on. 你冷的話就把取暖器打開。

• 1 the shooting of guns or other weapons -- 射擊；炮火，火力

  • The police opened fire on (= started shooting at) the protesters. 警察向抗議者開火。

  • The command was given to cease fire (= stop shooting). 下達了停火的命令。

  • The city came under fire from anti-government forces last night. 這座城市昨晚遭到了反政府武裝分子的炮火攻擊。

• 2 strong emotion -- 極度興奮；極為激動；狂熱

  • The fire in her speech inspired everyone. 她演講中流露的激情鼓舞了每一個人。

• 3 to cause a weapon to shoot bullets, arrows, or missiles -- 開火，開（槍）；放（箭）；發射（導彈）

  • He fired his gun into the air. 他向天開槍。

  • Someone started firing at us. 有人開始向我們射擊。

  • Without warning he started firing into the crowd. 在沒有任何警示的情況下他開始向人群開槍。

  • I just prayed that he would stop firing. 我心裡只企盼著他會停止射擊。

  • The ambassador denied that any missiles had been fired across the border. 大使否認向境外發射了任何導彈。

  • The journalists were firing questions at me for two whole hours. 整整兩個小時，記者連珠炮似地向我發問。

  • "I'd like to ask you some questions about your childhood." "Fire away!" (= You can start asking them now.) 「我想問你幾個關於你童年的問題。」「你問吧！」

• 4 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 -- 解僱，開除

  • She was fired after she was caught stealing from her employer. 她因偷僱主的東西時當場被抓而遭解僱。

  • He was fired from his $165,000 job for poor performance. 他因為表現不佳丟掉了他薪資16.5萬美元的工作。

  • She has just been fired as editor of the newspaper. 她剛剛被辭退，丟掉了這家報紙主編的職位。

  • The company is reducing its workforce by firing 500 employees. 該公司將裁員500人以減少僱員人數。

• 5 to cause a strong emotion in someone -- 使充滿激情，激發

  • I had a brilliant English teacher who fired me with enthusiasm for literature at an early age. 我有過一位出色的英語老師，在我很小的時候就激起了我對文學的熱情。

  • Talk of treasure and lost cities had fired their imaginations. 這些關於寶藏和失落的城市的傳聞讓他們浮想聯翩。

• 6 to heat objects made of clay in a kiln (= a special oven) so that they become hard -- （在窯內）燒製（陶器等）