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n.

火[U]
Do you know horses are afraid of fire?
你知道马怕火吗？
炉火；篝火[C]
The old men sat round the fire chatting.
老人们围坐在炉火旁聊天。
（电或煤气）取暖器[C]
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。
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。
热情；激情[U]
The boy is full of fire and courage.
这男孩充满激情和勇气。
磨难；苦难[U]

vt.

开（枪、炮）；将……射向[（+at）]
We fired our guns at the enemy.
我们向敌人开火。
【口】解雇，开除
He was fired on the spot.
他被当场解雇。
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。
烘制
Bricks are fired in a kiln.
砖是在窑中烧制的。
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？
点燃

vi.

开火；射击[（+at）]
They fired at the robbers.
他们向强盗开枪。
起火；燃烧
Damp wood will not fire.
潮湿的木头不会燃烧。
激动；突然发怒
He fired up at the remark.
他一听这话突然发怒了。

短语

a running fire

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

遭两面夹击
I'm caught between two fires.
我腹背受敌。

blow (up) a fire

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

着火
Paper catches fire easily.
纸易燃。

fire and brimstone

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

大肆烧杀破坏
War always brings fire and sword.
战争总是带来烧杀毁灭。

fire away

继续开枪
They were firing away at each other.
他们互相开火。
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

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

赴汤蹈火
He'd go through fire and water for her.
他愿为她赴汤蹈火。

hang fire

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

生火
They made a fire to prepare for supper.
他们生火做晚饭。

on fire

着火；燃烧着
The house was on fire.
房子着火了。
（感情、愤怒等）如火燃烧

open fire

开火
The enemy opened fire.
敌人开火了。

play with fire

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

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

放火烧
He was crazy and set the house on fire.
他疯了，放火烧了房子。

strike fire

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

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。

派生

a.

fireless

辨析

同义:

vt.点燃；加热；燃烧

ignite heat kindle

vt.解雇；开除

dismiss discharge expel release lay off

vt.激起；使激动

arouse excite inflame stir provoke agitate

vt.射击；排出

shoot discharge blast

同义参见:

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

以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

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.

以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》

点火，引发

(1)在一个规则假设的条件满足时启动由该规则指定的动作。(2)在人工神经网络模型中，指执行规则示例中右边规定的活动集合。

以上来源于：《英汉计算机技术大辞典》

火刑；火刑拷问

以上来源于：《英汉法律词典》