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单词 burn
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burnburn /bɚn/ verb (past tense and past participle burned or burnt /bɚnt/) 1 to produce flames and heat► burn
to produce flames and heat:
  • The fire was still burning.
  • A pile of branches was burning in the yard.
    • ► be on fire
    if a building, car, piece of clothing, etc. is on fire, it is burning and being damaged:
  • The house across the street was on fire, so I called 911.
    • ► be in flames
    if a building is in flames, it is burning with a lot of flames:
  • When the fire trucks arrived, the whole building was in flames.
    • ► blaze
    to burn very brightly with a lot of flames and heat. Blaze is used especially in writing:
  • A big log fire was blazing in the fireplace.
    • ► flare also flare up
    to suddenly begin to burn, or to burn more brightly for a short time:
  • He lit a match, which flared briefly.
    • ► smolder
    to burn slowly with smoke but no flames:
  • The fire in the factory was so intense that it was still smoldering a week later.
    • 2 to burn yourself► burn
    to hurt your body with fire or something hot:
  • Don’t touch the iron. You’ll burn yourself.
  • I burned my hand on a hot pan.
    • ► scald
    to burn yourself with hot liquid or steam:
  • The coffee was so hot it almost scalded his tongue.
    • 3 to make something burn► burn
    to destroy or damage something with fire:
  • She lit a fire and burned his letters one by one.
    • ► burn down
    to completely destroy a building by burning it:
  • Rioters burned down several stores.
  • The theater burned down in 2009.
    • ► set fire to something also set something on fire
    to make something start burning so that it gets damaged:
  • One of the candles set fire to the curtains.
  • The criminals had overturned police cars and then set them on fire.
    • ► light
    to make something start to burn:
  • She lit a cigarette.
    • ► ignite (formal)
    to make something start to burn, especially something that burns easily such as a gas or chemical:
  • A spark ignited the gas and caused the explosion.
    • ► scorch
    to burn the surface of something and make a dark mark on it:
  • The iron was too hot and scorched the shirt.
    • ► incinerate
    to completely destroy something using fire:
  • Some of the garbage is incinerated after it has been collected.
    • ► cremate
    to burn the body of a dead person after a funeral ceremony:
  • He was cremated and his ashes were given to his family.
    • ANTONYMS ➔ see put out ➔ see fire1, heat2
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