Dreye權威釋義|fire

n.

火[U]
Do you know horses are afraid of fire?
你知道馬怕火嗎？
爐火；篝火[C]
The old men sat round the fire chatting.
老人們圍坐在爐火旁聊天。
（電或瓦斯）取暖器[C]
射擊；砲火；火力[U]
The enemy retreated under our heavy artillery fire.
敵人在我們的重砲轟擊下撤退了。
火災[C][U]
In case of fire ring the bell.
萬一起火，請按鈴。
A forest fire left hundreds of people homeless.
一場森林大火使數百人無家可歸。
熱情；激情[U]
The boy is full of fire and courage.
這男孩充滿激情和勇氣。
磨難；苦難[U]

vt.

開（槍，砲）；將……射向[（+at）]
We fired our guns at the enemy.
我們向敵人開砲。
【口】解僱，開除
He was fired on the spot.
他被當場解僱。
激起；使激動[（+with）]
Stories of adventure fire Tom's imagination.
冒險故事激發了湯姆的想像力。
烘製
Bricks are fired in a kiln.
磚是在窯中燒製的。
給（爐子等）加添燃料
Would you please fire the furnace?
你去給爐子添加燃料好嗎？
點燃

vi.

開火；射擊[（+at）]
They fired at the robbers.
他們向強盜開槍。
起火；燃燒
Damp wood will not fire.
潮濕的木頭不會燃燒。
激動；突然發怒
He fired up at the remark.
他一聽這話突然發怒了。

片語

a running fire

一連串的抨擊
The new policy received a running fire.
新的政策遭受到了一連串的抨擊。

between two fires

遭兩面夾擊
I'm caught between two fires.
我腹背受敵。

blow (up) a fire

煽動；把火吹旺
He tried to blow up a fire. The fire died out, instead.
他試圖把火吹旺，誰知火卻熄了。

catch fire

著火
Paper catches fire easily.
紙易燃。

fire and brimstone

地獄裡的磨難
She thinks that one will suffer fire and brimstone after death if he has done wrong.
她認為一個人要是做壞事，死後就得遭受地獄裡的磨難。

fire and sword

大肆燒殺破壞
War always brings fire and sword.
戰爭總是帶來燒殺毀滅。

fire away

繼續開槍
They were firing away at each other.
他們互相開火。
開始說話或做事
It's useless to fire away with such trivial details.
喋喋不休地談這些瑣碎的細節是無用的。

fire up

激發；煽動
The teacher is good at firing up the imagination of his pupils.
這位教師很善於激發學生們的想像力。

go through fire and water

赴湯蹈火
He'd go through fire and water for her.
他願為她赴湯蹈火。

hang fire

遲疑不決；進展過於緩慢
The issue has been hanging fire for years.
這個問題多年來一直未予解決。

make a fire

生火
They made a fire to prepare for supper.
他們生火做晚飯。

on fire

著火
The house was on fire.
房子著火了。
（感情，憤怒等）如火燃燒

open fire

開火
The enemy opened fire.
敵人開火了。

play with fire

玩火
She was playing with fire by secretly borrowing office funds.
她暗中挪用公款簡直是玩火。
He knew he was playing with fire by dating a student.
他知道跟學生約會是玩火。
He who plays with fire gets burned.
玩火者必自焚。

pull out of the fire

使轉危為安
They just pulled the game out of the fire.
他們好不容易贏了比賽。

set on fire

放火燒
He was crazy and set the house on fire.
他瘋了，放火燒了房子。

strike fire

打火
At that time they had learned to strike fire from flint.
那時他們已學會了用燧石打火。

under fire

受到攻擊
The Government's decision is under heavy fire.
政府的決定受到了猛烈的攻擊。

衍生

a.

fireless

辨析

同義:

vt.點燃；加熱；燃燒

ignite heat kindle

vt.解僱；開除

dismiss discharge expel release lay off

vt.激起；使激動

arouse excite inflame stir provoke agitate

vt.射擊；排出

shoot discharge blast

同義參見:

feeling cashier² pop¹ burning roast animate¹ fury awaken blaze¹ trigger burn¹ gun tragedy conflagration rocket¹

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

the state of burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and give out bright light, heat, and smoke.
▸a destructive burning.

▸one of the four elements in ancient and medieval philosophy and in astrology.
a collection of fuel burnt in a hearth or stove for heating or cooking.
▸chiefly Brit. (also electric fire or gas fire) a domestic heating appliance that uses electricity or gas as fuel.
a burning sensation.
▸passionate emotion or enthusiasm.
the firing of guns.
▸strong criticism.

v.

propel (a bullet or projectile) from a gun or other weapon.
▸discharge (a gun or other weapon).

▸direct a rapid succession of (questions or statements) towards someone.
informal dismiss from a job.
supply (a furnace, power station, etc.) with fuel.
▸(of an internal-combustion engine) undergo ignition of its fuel.

▸set fire to.
stimulate (the imagination or an emotion).
▸fill with enthusiasm:
he was fired up for the Cup Final.
bake or dry (pottery, bricks, etc.) in a kiln.

Phrase

catch fire
begin to burn.
fire and brimstone
the supposed torments of hell.
fire away
informal go ahead.
firing on all (four) cylinders
functioning at a peak level.
go through fire (and water)
face any peril.
on fire
1. burning.
2. very excited.
set fire to (or set on fire) cause to burn.
set the world on fire
do something remarkable or sensational.
take fire
start to burn.
under fire
1. being shot at.
2. being severely criticized.

Derivative

fireless adj.
firer n.
firing n.

Etymology

OE fȳr (n.), fȳrian ‘supply with material for a fire’, of W. Gmc origin.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》

火刑；火刑拷問

以上來源於：《英漢法律詞典》