1. | [i] 燃烧；烧to produce flames and heat |
A welcoming fire was burning in the fireplace. 壁炉里燃烧着暖融融的炉火。 | |
Fires were burning all over the city. 全城处处燃烧着大火。 |
2. | [i] 着火；烧着to be on fire |
By nightfall the whole city was burning. 到黄昏时，全城已是一片火海。 | |
Two children were rescued from the burning car. 两名儿童从燃烧着的车中被救了出来。 | |
The smell of burning rubber filled the air. 空气中弥漫着橡胶燃烧的气味。 |
3. | [t][i] （使）烧毁，烧坏，烧伤，烧死to destroy, damage, injure or kill sb/sth by fire; to be destroyed, etc. by fire |
to burn waste paper/dead leaves 焚烧废纸╱枯树叶 | |
All his belongings were burnt in the fire. 他所有的财物都在大火中付之一炬。 | |
The cigarette burned a hole in the carpet. 香烟把地毯烧了个洞。 | |
The house was burnt to the ground(= completely destroyed) . 那座房子彻底焚毁了。 | |
The house burned to the ground . 房子被大火夷为平地。 | |
Ten people burned to death in the hotel fire. 旅馆火灾中有十人被烧死。 | |
His greatest fear is of being burnt alive . 他最怕的是被活活烧死。 |
4. | [t][i] ~ (sth) （使燃料）燃烧if youburn a fuel, or a fuelburns , it produces heat, light or energy |
a furnace that burns gas/oil/coke 煤气╱煤油╱焦炭熔炉 | |
Some people burn calories(= use food to produce energy) faster than others. 有些人热量消耗得比其他人快。 | |
Which fuel burns most efficiently? 哪种燃料燃烧效果最佳？ |
5. | [i][t] （使）烧焦，烧煳if foodburns , or if youburn it, it is spoiled because it gets too hot |
I can smell something burning in the kitchen. 我闻到厨房里有东西烧焦了。 | |
Sorry─I burnt the toast. 抱歉，我把面包烤煳了。 |
6. | [i][t] （使）晒伤，烫伤，烧伤to be damaged or injured by the sun, heat, acid, etc.; to damage or injure sb/sth in this way |
My skin burns easily(= in the sun) . 我的皮肤容易晒伤。 | |
I got badly burned by the sun yesterday. 我昨天严重晒伤。 | |
The soup's hot. Don't burn your mouth. 汤很热，别烫了嘴。 | |
I burned myself on the stove. 我被炉子烫了。 |
7. | [i] 火辣辣地痛；发烫if part of your bodyburns oris burning , it feels very hot and painful |
Your forehead's burning. Have you got a fever? 你的前额很烫，你发烧了吗？ | |
Her cheeks burned with embarrassment. 她羞得面颊发烫。 |
8. | [i] 发光；发亮to produce light |
Lights were burning upstairs, but no one answered the door. 楼上亮着灯，但叫门没人回应。 |
9. | [i][t] 有强烈的情感；渴望to feel a very strong emotion or desire |
to be burning with rage/ambition/love 满怀强烈的仇恨╱远大的抱负╱炽热的爱 | |
He was burning to go climbing again. 他渴望再去爬山。 |
10. | [i] (informal) + adv./prep. 向…迅速移动to move very fast in a particular direction |
The car was burning down the road. 汽车沿着公路疾驰而去。 |
11. | [t] (informal) ~ sb 激怒；使大怒to make sb very angry |
So you did it just to burn me? 这么说，你那样做只是为了气我？ |
12. | [t][i] ~ (sth) (to sth) 刻录（光盘等）to put information onto a CD, etc. |
Think carefully before you resign─you don't want to burn your bridges. 辞职前要三思，你得给自己留条退路。 |
Think carefully before you resign─you don't want to burn your bridges. 辞职前要三思，你得给自己留条退路。 |
He got his fingers badly burnt dabbling in the stock market. 他糊里糊涂地进入股票市场，结果赔了老本。 |
He got his fingers badly burnt dabbling in the stock market. 他糊里糊涂地进入股票市场，结果赔了老本。 |
1. | [c] 烧伤；烫伤；灼伤；烧（或烫、灼）的痕迹an injury or a mark caused by fire, heat or acid |
minor/severe/third-degree burns 轻度╱重度╱三度烧伤 | |
cigarette burns on the furniture 烟头在家具上烫出的痕迹 | |
burn marks 烙印 | |
a specialist burns unit in a hospital 医院的烧伤专科 |
2. | [sing] 酸痛感the feeling that you get in your muscles when you have done a lot of exercise |
3. | [c] 小河；溪流a small river |
