核心畫面
Something that has real flames on it right now — a house with fire coming out of the windows, a candle with a live flame. From that live fire, English keeps the heat and takes it everywhere else: a face that feels hot, a wish that feels hot inside you, a question that feels too hot to leave alone.
可以想成一個「此刻正在燒」的畫面:房子的窗口冒出火舌、蠟燭上有一朵活的火焰——重點是火正在發生,不是燒過了。從這團活…更多收起
可以想成一個「此刻正在燒」的畫面:房子的窗口冒出火舌、蠟燭上有一朵活的火焰——重點是火正在發生,不是燒過了。從這團活火出發,英文一路把「熱」帶走:臉頰的熱、心裡想要的熱、一個熱到放不下的問題,都還帶著這朵火的溫度。原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
burningadj/ˈbɝnɪŋ/
- 1
So hot as to seem to burn (something).
- the burning sun
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
- 2
Feeling very hot.
- burning skin
- 3
Feeling great passion.
- her burning heart
- 4
Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
- burning zeal
- a burning passion
- 5
Being keenly discussed.
- a burning question; a burning issue
- 6
On fire.
- A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California.
- The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple the burning wagon from the rest.
burningnoun/ˈbɝnɪŋ/
- 1
The act by which something burns or is burned.
- It gives a fine delineation of the burnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance[…]
- The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
- 2
A fire.
- The burnings continued all day.
- 3
businesscryptocurrenciescryptocurrencyThe purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
- 4
A fiery pain.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。