fire
['faiə]
n.火, 失火, 炉火, 开火, 热情
v.开火, 解雇, 点燃, 急速地连续说
例句与用法：
The engine is only firing on three cylinders.
这发动机只有三个汽缸工作。
The house is on fire!
房子着火了！
The government is under fire from all sides on its economic policy.
政府在经济政策上受到各方的严厉批评。
A cigarette thrown into the woods in dry weather may start a fire.
在天气干燥时把点燃的香烟扔进树林可能会引起火灾。
She fired her gun at them.
她用枪向他们射击。
He was fired by his boss.
他被他的老板解雇了。
词形变化：
形容词: fireable | 名词: firer | 动词过去式: fired | 动词过去分词: fired | 动词现在分词: firing | 动词第三人称单数: fires |
详细释义：
n.
1. 火[U]
Do you know horses are afraid of fire?
你知道马怕火吗?
2. 炉火; 篝火[C]
The old men sat round the fire chatting.
老人们围坐在炉火旁聊天。
3. (电或煤气)取暖器[C]
4. 射击; 炮火; 火力[U]
The enemy retreated under our heavy artillery fire.
敌人在我们的重炮轰击下撤退了。
5. 火灾[C][U]
In case of fire ring the bell.
万一起火, 请按铃。
A forest fire left hundreds of people homeless.
一场森林大火使数百人无家可归。
6. 热情; 激情[U]
The boy is full of fire and courage.
这男孩充满激情和勇气。
7. 磨难; 苦难[U]
vt.
1. 开(枪、炮); 将……射向[(+at)]
We fired our guns at the enemy.
我们向敌人开火。
2. 【口】解雇, 开除
He was fired on the spot.
他被当场解雇。
3. 激起; 使激动[(+with)]
Stories of adventure fire Tom's imagination.
冒险故事激发了汤姆的想像力。
4. 烘制
Bricks are fired in a kiln.
砖是在窑中烧制的。
5. 给(炉子等)加添燃料
Would you please fire the furnace?
你去给炉子加点燃料好吗?
6. 点燃
vi.
1. 开火; 射击[(+at)]
They fired at the robbers.
他们向强盗开枪。
2. 起火; 燃烧
Damp wood will not fire.
潮湿的木头不会燃烧。
3. 激动; 突然发怒
He fired up at the remark.
他一听这话突然发怒了。
短语词组：
a running fire
1. 一连串的抨击
The new policy received a running fire.
新政策遭到了一连串的抨击。
between two fires
1. 遭两面夹击
I'm caught between two fires.
我腹背受敌。
blow (up) a fire
1. 煽动; 把火吹旺
He tried to blow up a fire. The fire died out, instead.
他试图把火吹旺, 谁知火却熄了。
catch fire
1. 着火
Paper catches fire easily.
纸易燃。
fire and brimstone
1. 地狱里的磨难
She thinks that one will suffer fire and brimstone after death if he has done wrong.
她认为一个人要是做了坏事, 死后就得遭受地狱里的磨难。
fire and sword
1. 大肆烧杀破坏
War always brings fire and sword.
战争总是带来烧杀毁灭。
fire away
1. 继续开枪
They were firing away at each other.
他们互相开火。
2. 开始说话或做事
It's useless to fire away with such trivial details.
喋喋不休地谈这些琐碎的细节是无用的。
fire up
1. 激发; 煽动
The teacher is good at firing up the imagination of his pupils.
这位教师很善于激发学生们的想像力。
go through fire and water
1. 赴汤蹈火
He'd go through fire and water for her.
他愿为她赴汤蹈火。
hang fire
1. 迟疑不决; 进展过于缓慢
The issue has been hanging fire for years.
这个问题多年来一直未予解决。
make a fire
1. 生火
They made a fire to prepare for supper.
他们生火做晚饭。
on fire
1. 着火; 燃烧着
The house was on fire.
房子着火了。
2. (感情、愤怒等)如火燃烧
open fire
1. 开火
The enemy opened fire.
敌人开火了。
play with fire
1. 玩火
She was playing with fire by secretly borrowing office funds.
她暗中挪用公款简直是玩火。
He knew he was playing with fire by dating a student.
他知道跟学生约会是玩火。
He who plays with fire gets burned.
玩火者必自焚。
pull out of the fire
1. 使转危为安
They just pulled the game out of the fire.
他们好不容易赢了比赛。
set on fire
1. 放火烧
He was crazy and set the house on fire.
他疯了, 放火烧了房子。
strike fire
1. 打火
At that time they had learned to strike fire from flint.
那时他们已学会了用燧石打火。
under fire
1. 受到攻击
The Government's decision is under heavy fire.
政府的决定受到了猛烈的攻击。