The past tense and past participle is burned in American English, and burned or burnt in British English. burn的過去式和過去分詞在美國英語中爲burned,在英國英語中爲burned或burnt。
1 VERB 着火;燃燒 If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame
burning there.
着火;燃燒 -
Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city. [VERB]
市中心的火勢失去了控制。
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There was a fire burning in the large fireplace. [VERB]
大壁爐裏火勢正旺。
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The furnace has a design that allows the flame to burn at a lower temperature. [VERB]
這爐子的設計可以讓火苗在較低的溫度下燃燒。
2 VERB 着火;燒着 If something
is burning, it is on fire.
着火;燒着 -
When I arrived one of the vehicles was still burning. [VERB]
當我到達時,其中一輛車還在燃燒。
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The building housed 1,500 refugees and it burned for hours. [VERB]
這幢住有1,500名難民的大樓燃燒了好幾個小時。
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That boy was rescued from a burning house. [VERB-ing]
那個男孩被人從失火的房子中救了出來。
3 VERB 燒掉;燒毀 If you
burn something, you destroy or damage it with fire.
燒掉;燒毀 -
Protesters set cars on fire and burned a building. [VERB noun]
抗議者焚燒汽車,並燒毀了一座建築。
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Incineration plants should be built to burn household waste. [VERB noun]
應該建立焚燒廠以焚毀日常生活垃圾。
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Coal fell out of the fire, and burned the carpet. [VERB noun]
爐火中迸出的煤塊燒着了地毯。
4 V-ERG 點燃;燃燒 If you
burn a fuel or if it
burns, it is used to produce heat, light, or energy.
點燃;燃燒 -
The power stations burn coal from the Ruhr region. [VERB noun]
發電站燒的煤産自魯爾地區。
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Manufacturers are working with new fuels to find one that burns more cleanly than petrol. [VERB]
制造商們正在研制新型燃料,以找到一種比汽油更清潔的燃料。
5 V-ERG 燒焦;烤煳 If you
burn something that you are cooking or if it
burns, you spoil it by using too much heat or cooking it for too long.
燒焦;烤煳 6 VERB 燒傷;灼傷 If you
burn part of your body,
burn yourself, or
are burnt, you are injured by fire or by something very hot.
燒傷;灼傷 [Also VERB pron-reflexive] -
Take care not to burn your fingers. [VERB noun]
注意别燒着手指頭。
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If you are badly burnt, seek medical attention. [be VERB-ed]
如果是嚴重燒傷,就得去看醫生。
7 VERB [usually passive] 燒死 If someone
is burnt or
burnt to death, they are killed by fire.
燒死 8 VERB 發光;照亮 If a light
is burning, it is shining.
發光;照亮 [literary] 9 VERB [usually cont] (因尴尬或心煩而)臉紅 If your face
is burning, it is red because you are embarrassed or upset.
(因尴尬或心煩而)臉紅 10 VERB 有強烈的情感;極度渴望 If you
are burning with an emotion or
are burning to do something, you feel that emotion or the desire to do that thing very strongly.
有強烈的情感;極度渴望 SYN be passionate,
blaze,
be excited,
be aroused 11 V-ERG 曬傷;曬黑 If you
burn or get
burned in the sun, the sun makes your skin become red and sore.
曬傷;曬黑 12 V-ERG (使)火辣辣地痛;(使)發燙 If a part of your body
burns or if something
burns it, it has a painful, hot or stinging feeling.
(使)火辣辣地痛;(使)發燙 -
My eyes burn from staring at the needle. [VERB]
我的眼睛由於長時間盯着針看而疼痛。
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His face was burning with cold. [VERB + with]
他的臉被凍得發痛。
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...delicious Indian recipes which won't burn your throat. [VERB noun]
美味而又不辣嗓子的印度烹飪
13 VERB [usually passive] 遭受損失;虧損 If you are
burned or get
burned, you lose something as a result of taking a risk, usually in a business deal.
遭受損失;虧損 [informal] 14 VERB 刻錄(光盤) To
burn a CD-ROM means to write or copy data onto it.
刻錄(光盤) [computing, informal] 16 to burn the candle at both ends→see: candle to get your fingers burned
→see: finger to burn something to the ground
→see: ground to burn the midnight oil
→see: midnight to have money to burn
→see: money ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | burn Also look up: |
VERB. | ignite, incinerate, kindle, scorch, singe; (ant.) extinguish, put out 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Word Partnership | Use burn with: |
N. | fires burn 1 burn calories, burn coal, burn fat, burn fuel, burn oil 4 burn victim 6 burn a CD 14 |
VERB. | watch something burn 1 2 |
ADJ. | first/second/third degree burn 6 |
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