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；（燃烧着的）燃料，柴火

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

  • The fire was started by children playing with matches. 这场火灾是由小孩们玩火柴引起的。

  • 40 people helped to put out (= stop) the fire. 40个人帮忙扑灭了大火。

  • The library was badly damaged in the fire. 图书馆在火灾中严重受损。

  • How many historic buildings are damaged by fire each year? 每年有多少座历史建筑毁于大火？

  • She had to be rescued when her house caught (US caught on) fire (= started to burn). 房子着火时，她被救了出来。

  • It's very cold in here - should I light a fire? 这里面真冷，我把炉火点起来好吗？

  • We built a fire on the beach. 我们在海滩上生了堆火。

  • We put up our tents and made a small fire. 我们搭起了帐篷，点起了一小堆火。

  • If your home was on fire and you could save only one thing, what would it be? 如果你家着了火，而你只能抢救出一样东西，你会拿什么呢？

  • a gas/electric fire 煤气取暖器／电暖器

  • If you're cold just put the fire on. 你冷的话就把取暖器打开。

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

  • The police opened fire on (= started shooting at) the protesters. 警察向抗议者开了火。

  • The command was given to cease fire (= stop shooting). 下达了停止射击的命令。

  • The city came under fire from anti-government forces last night. 这座城市昨晚遭到了反政府武装炮火的攻击。

• 2 strong emotion -- 极度兴奋；极为激动；狂热

  • The fire in her speech inspired everyone. 她演讲中饱含的激情鼓舞了每一个人。

• 3 to cause a weapon to shoot bullets, arrows, or missiles -- 开火，开（枪）；放（箭）；发射（导弹）

  • He fired his gun into the air. 他朝天鸣枪。

  • Someone started firing at us. 有人开始向我们射击。

  • Without warning he started firing into the crowd. 在没有任何警示的情况下他开始朝人群开枪。

  • I just prayed that he would stop firing. 我只有在心里企盼着他会停止射击。

  • The ambassador denied that any missiles had been fired across the border. 大使否认向境外发射了任何导弹。

  • The journalists were firing questions at me for two whole hours. 整整两个小时，记者们连珠炮似地向我发问。

  • "I'd like to ask you some questions about your childhood." "Fire away!" (= You can start asking them now.) “我想问你几个关于你童年的问题。” “你问吧！”

• 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 -- 解雇，开除

  • She was fired after she was caught stealing from her employer. 她因偷雇主的东西时当场被抓而遭解雇。

  • He was fired from his $165,000 job for poor performance. 他因为表现不佳丢掉了他薪资16.5万美元的工作。

  • She has just been fired as editor of the newspaper. 她刚刚被炒，丢掉了这家报纸主编的职位。

  • The company is reducing its workforce by firing 500 employees. 该公司将裁员500人以减少雇员人数。

• 5 to cause a strong emotion in someone -- 使充满激情，激发

  • I had a brilliant English teacher who fired me with enthusiasm for literature at an early age. 我有过一位出色的英语老师，在我很小的时候就激起了我对文学的热情。

  • Talk of treasure and lost cities had fired their imaginations. 这些关于宝藏和失落的城市的传闻让他们浮想联翩。

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