fire

n. 火；火灾；炮火；炉火；热情；激情；磨难

vt. 点燃；解雇；开除；使发光；烧制；激动；放枪

vi. 着火；射击；开枪；激动；烧火

n.

火，燃烧物；火灾；射击，发射；热情

vt.& vi.

开火，射击；燃烧；引爆炸药；充满热情

vt.

解雇；射（箭）；激励；射出（子弹）

变形

复数：fires过去式：fired过去分词：fired现在分词：firing第三人称单数：fires

双语释义

[U]火 the condition of burning, flames, light, or great heat

[C]火灾,炉火,火堆 a mass of burning material, lit either on purpose for cooking, heat, etc., or by accident

[U]射击,炮火,火力 shooting by guns; firing

[U]热情,怒火,热心 strong emotion, angry or excited feeling, enthusiasm

vt. & vi. 开火; 射击 shoot off bullets; discharge; explore

vt. 〈口〉解雇 dismiss from a job

英英释义

fire[ 'faiə ]

n.

the event of something burning (often destructive)

"they lost everything in the fire"

the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

"fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

同义词：flameflaming

the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

"hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

同义词：firing

a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

"they sat by the fire and talked"

intense adverse criticism

"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"

同义词：attackflakflackblast

feelings of great warmth and intensity

同义词：ardorardourfervorfervourfervencyfervidness

once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

a severe trial

"he went through fire and damnation"

v.

start firing a weapon

同义词：open fire

cause to go off

"fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"

同义词：discharge

bake in a kiln so as to harden

"fire pottery"

terminate the employment of

"The boss fired his secretary today"

同义词：give noticecandismissgive the axesend awaysackforce outgive the sackterminate

go off or discharge

"The gun fired"

同义词：dischargego off

drive out or away by or as if by fire

"The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

同义词：arouseelicitenkindlekindleevokeraiseprovoke

destroy by fire

同义词：burnburn down

provide with fuel

"Oil fires the furnace"

同义词：fuel

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

arouse sb's fire唤起某人的热情

bring the fire under control把火势控制住

build a fire生火

catch fire着火

cause a fire引起火灾

cease fire停火

escape a fire幸免于火灾,未被大火烧死

fan a fire煽火

fight a fire救火,同火搏斗

go through fire and water赴汤蹈火

hang fire犹豫不决,迟迟不动

hold fire忍着不表态

keep away from fire切勿近火

light a fire点火

make a fire生火

open fire开始,开火

play with fire玩火

pour oil on fire火上浇油

prevent a fire防止火灾,防火

pull sth out of the fire把某物从火中救出,转败为胜

put in a fire生气

put out a fire把火熄灭,扑灭火

set fire to sth把某物点燃,使某物燃烧

set sth on fire放火烧某物

start a fire点火

stop a fire灭火,停火

take fire着火

形容词+～

accidental fire偶然的火灾

blazing fire熊熊烈火

bright fire明亮的火焰

dangerous fire危险的大火

great fire大火

hot fire烈火,炽热的火焰

running fire连发,连射,一连串的指责

名词+～

air-raid fire空袭火力

artillery fire炮火

camp fire篝火

forest fire森林火灾

ground fire地面炮火

machine-gun fire机枪火力

prairie fire星星之火

～+名词

fire captain消防队长

fire line森林地带防火线,火灾现场警戒线

介词+～

warm oneself at the fire烤火

between two fires腹背受敌

full of fire充满怒火

the cause of the fire火灾的原因

on fire失火,在燃烧

cook the meat over the fire在炉火上煮肉

under fire遭到炮火袭击,受到攻击

burn it with fire用火烧掉它

～+介词

a fire of reproaches一连串的指责

fire of heaven星星

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

fire ahead开始提问,继续射击

fire fearfully可怕地发火

fire mortally极其生气

fire suddenly突然爆发出

fire away开始提问,继续射击

fire away at the enemy不断向敌人开火

fire away with sb's questions提问题

fire back in self-defence自卫还击

fire off结束

fire sb out把…开除

fire up生火,点火,发火,突然爆发

～+介词

fire at向…开火(射击)

fire sb for sth因某事而解雇某人

fire from被…开除

fire into向…开火〔射击〕

fire on〔upon〕向…开火〔射击〕

fire over朝…上方射击

fire sth towards把某物射向

fire with creative inspiration爆发出创作灵感

词组短语

on fire adv. 着火；起火；在兴头上；非常激动

on the fire在审议中；在考虑中

fire control消防；火力控制；射击控制

under fire受到严厉批评；遭到攻击

like fire飞快地，迅速地

fire protection消防；消防处

fire fighting消防

fire prevention防火

fire alarm火警；火警警报器

fire retardant阻燃剂；防火剂；防火材料

fire safety消防安全

forest fire森林火灾；森林大火；山火

fire on v. 向……射击

open fire v. 开火；开始

fire resistance抗火性，耐火性（能）；抗燃烧性

set on fire焚烧；使情绪激昂

fire at向……开火

set fire纵火

fire detection火灾探测；火警探测；火警侦察器

fire extinguisher灭火器

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“点燃、着火”的意思，其区别是：

ignite多用于科技文体，指使某物受热直到燃烧或发光，也可指用火花使易燃物迅速燃烧起来。

light普通用词，指点燃易燃物，使其能发光，满足各种需要。

fire普通用词，指将某物点燃使其燃烧起来，火势可大可小。

kindle指艰难或缓慢地把可燃料点燃，可用于比喻。

这组词都有“解雇，开除”的意思，其区别是：

discharge语气较重，指有理由的解雇，含几乎不再复用的意味。

fire口语用词，多指被断然地突然解雇，其行动犹如开枪一样干净利落。

dismiss正式用词，是这组词中语气最轻的一个词，一般只有从上文才能看解雇的原因或理由。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The fire flared up as I put more firewood on it.
我加上了几块木柴, 火顿时旺起来。

The house is on fire!
房子着火了！

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 curled up in front of the fire with a book.
她蜷曲在炉火前看书。

They regrouped and were ordered to open fire.
他们变更了部署,并接到命令开火。

His speech lacked fire.
他的讲话缺乏热情。

用作动词(v.)

She fired her gun at them.
她用枪向他们射击。

The officer commanded his men to fire.
军官下令他的士兵开枪。

He was fired by his boss.
他被他的老板解雇了。

The engine is only firing on three cylinders.
这发动机只有三个汽缸工作。

You'll have an opportunity to fire off questions at the end of the lecture.
你们将有机会在讲座结束后连续提问题。

权威例句

fire

fire: [OE] Appropriately enough for one of the mainsprings of human civilization, the word fire is widespread amongst Indo-European languages (although it is only one of two competing ‘fire’ strands, the other being represented in English by ignite). Among its relatives are Greek pur (whence English pyre, pyrotechnic, and, by a very circuitous route, bureau), Czech pýr ‘embers’, Armenian hūr, and Hittite pahhur, pointing back to a prehistoric Indo-European *pūr. Its Germanic descendant was *fūir, from which came German feuer, Dutch vuur, and English fire.=> bureau, pyre, pyrotechnic

fire (n.)

Old English fyr "fire, a fire," from Proto-Germanic *fur-i- (cognates: Old Saxon fiur, Old Frisian fiur, Old Norse fürr, Middle Dutch and Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer "fire"), from PIE *perjos, from root *paəwr- "fire" (cognates: Armenian hur "fire, torch," Czech pyr "hot ashes," Greek pyr, Umbrian pir, Sanskrit pu, Hittite pahhur "fire"). Current spelling is attested as early as 1200, but did not fully displace Middle English fier (preserved in fiery) until c. 1600. PIE apparently had two roots for fire: *paewr- and *egni- (source of Latin ignis). The former was "inanimate," referring to fire as a substance, and the latter was "animate," referring to it as a living force (compare water (n.1)).

Brend child fuir fordredeþ ["The Proverbs of Hendyng," c. 1250]

[A]mong other fanciful modes of demonstrating the practicability of conducting the gas wherever it might be required, he anchored a small boat in the stream about 50 yards from the shore, to which he conveyed a pipe, having the end turned up so as to rise above the water, and forcing the gas through the pipe, lighted it just above the surface, observing to his friends "that he had now set the river on fire." ["On the Origins and Progress of Gas-lighting," in "Repertory of Patent Inventions," vol. III, London, 1827]

fire (v.)

c. 1200, furen, "arouse, enflame, excite" (a figurative use); literal sense of "set fire to" is attested from late 14c., from fire (n.). The Old English verb fyrian "to supply with fire" apparently did not survive into Middle English. Related: Fired; firing. Meaning "expose to the effects of heat or fire" (of bricks, pottery, etc.) is from 1660s. Meaning "to discharge artillery or a firearm" (originally by application of fire) is from 1520s; extended sense of "to throw (as a missile)" is from 1580s. Fire away in the figurative sense of "go ahead" is from 1775. The sense of "sack, dismiss from employment" is recorded by 1885 (with out; 1887 alone) in American English. This probably is a play on the two meanings of discharge (v.): "to dismiss from a position," and "to fire a gun," influenced by the earlier general sense "throw (someone) out" of some place (1871). To fire out "drive out by or as if by fire" (1520s) is in Shakespeare and Chapman. Fired up "angry" is from 1824 (to fire up "become angry" is from 1798).

1. A huge forest fire broke out after the lightning struck. (break out)

闪电打下来之后，突然引起一场森林大火。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. Fire engines use their sirens on the way to a fire.

救火车在去救火的路上使用警报器。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. A fire had severely damaged the warehouse.

一场大火严重地毁坏了仓库。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. Firemen managed to keep the fire under.

消防队员尽力控制了火势.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. The fire glowed redly.

火烧得通红.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. He mended the fire.(regional use)

他往火里添加燃料(地方性用语)。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. The interface design must assure that a user can never inadvertently fire the ejector seat when all he wants to do is make some minor adjustment to the program.

界面设计必须保证用户永远不会在非故意的情况下弹射座椅，特别是当他只是想对程序进行一些小的调整时。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

9. In the best-case scenario, users feel stupid because they’ve twisted the wrong knob, and their food doesn’t get hot until they notice the error. In the worst-case scenario, they might accidentally burn themselves or set fire to the kitchen.

用户因为旋错了旋钮而感到自己很愚蠢，或者直到用户意识到自己的错误之前食物没有加热。 这些都还算好的，最糟糕的是，可能会不小心引起厨房的火灾。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

10. Alarms are designed to be purposefully loud, discordant, and disturbing. They are supposed to wake sound sleepers from their slumbers when their house is on fire and their lives are at stake.

出于警报目的，它必然会设计成为吵闹、刺耳和扰人心神的。 当房间着火，生命安全受到威胁时，希望它能唤醒熟睡的人们。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓