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The hot, bright, moving thing that flames make when something burns — heat and light that spreads, leaps, and can get out of control. Almost every other meaning of fire is this burning picture carried somewhere new: into guns, into feelings, into how hard a person or engine is working.

可以想成那團一邊燃燒、一邊發光發熱、會竄會跳、有時還會失控的火焰。fire 後面幾乎所有意思都是把這個「燃燒」的畫面…更多收起可以想成那團一邊燃燒、一邊發光發熱、會竄會跳、有時還會失控的火焰。fire 後面幾乎所有意思都是把這個「燃燒」的畫面搬到別處去：搬進槍砲、搬進心裡的情緒、搬進一個人或一具引擎拼盡全力運轉的樣子。

原始詞典資料46 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。

firenoun詞源 1/ˈfaɪ.ə/

  • 1

    A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.

    • But to me it was not despicable; I said, "Oh, you fire, I love you, you dainty pink creature, for you are beautiful—and that is enough!" and was going to gather it to my breast.
  • 2

    An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).

    • We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.
    • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
  • 3

    The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.

    • There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
    • During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
  • 4

    alchemyhuman-sciencesphilosophyThe aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

  • 5

    A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).

  • 6

    The elements necessary to start a fire.

    • The fire was laid and needed to be lit.
  • 7

    The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.

    • The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.
  • 8

    A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.

    • We dominated the battlespace with our fires.
另外 9 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    slangA firearm.

    • I used to work at Five Below but now I keep that fire below
  • 10

    A barrage, volley

    • In the district of Erfurt a very heavy sheaf [...] is called the Great Mother, and is carried on the last waggon to the barn, where all hands lift it down amid a fire of jokes.
  • 11

    aerospaceastronauticsbusinessAn instance of firing one or more rocket engines.

    • static fire
  • 12

    Strength of passion, whether love or hate.

    • He had fire in his temper.
    • You call it hope—that fire of fire! It is but agony of desire: […]
  • 13

    Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.

    • And bless their critic with a poet's fire.
    • Attendance of QN meetings has been dwindling, and the creative fire drained from the organization by the dead hand of wannabe bureaucrats bend ^([sic]) on thought control. The action has long since been elsewhere.
  • 14

    Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.

    • Stars, hide your fires.
    • As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires.
  • 15

    A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.

  • 16

    Red coloration in a piece of opal.

  • 17

    gemologygeographygeologyThe capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.

    • In other words, the more times a light ray reflects within a diamond, the greater the separation of the spectral colors—and the more obvious the appearance of fire—will be. Fire in a gemstone is best defined as "the visible extent of light dispersed into spectral colors" (Reinitz et al., 2001). In a polished diamond, this is seen as flares or flashes of color that appear and disappear as the diamond, the observer, or the light source moves.

fireadj詞源 1/ˈfaɪ.ə/

  • 1

    slangAmazing; excellent.

    • This is fire, keep up the amazing work!

fireverb詞源 2/ˈfaɪ.ə/

  • 1

    To set (something, often a building) on fire.

    • ["]Then I slipped up again with a box of matches, fired my heap of paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby, led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time." / "You fired the house!" exclaimed Kemp. / "Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.["]
    • That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.
  • 2

    To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.

    • If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
    • They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.
  • 3

    To drive away by setting a fire.

    • Till my bad angel fire my good one out.
  • 4

    To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).

    • The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].
  • 5

    To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.

    • Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.
    • Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.
  • 6

    To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).

    • We will fire our guns at the enemy.
    • The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.
  • 7

    To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.

    • Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
    • I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.
  • 8

    aerospaceastronauticsbusinessTo operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.

    • The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.
另外 16 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    businessminingTo set off an explosive in a mine.

    • `Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.
  • 10

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

    • Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.
  • 11

    medicinephysiologysciencesTo cause an action potential in a cell.

    • When a neuron fires, it transmits information.
  • 12

    To forcibly direct (something).

    • He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.
  • 13

    computer-sciencescomputingengineeringTo initiate an event (by means of an event handler).

    • The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.
    • The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.
  • 14

    To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.

    • to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge
  • 15

    datedTo be irritated or inflamed with passion.

    • Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — "That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]
    • Love had fired my mind.
  • 16

    To animate; to give life or spirit to.

    • to fire the genius of a young man
  • 17

    To feed or serve the fire of.

    • to fire a boiler
    • Driver G. A. Rowett, of the North Eastern Region's Neville Hill shed, now joined the locomotive as pilotman, and actually took over the regulator, Fireman Wheddon continuing to fire.
  • 18

    To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

    • [The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.
  • 19

    farrieryhobbieshorsesTo cauterize (a horse, or a part of its body).

  • 20

    datedTo catch fire; to be kindled.

  • 21

    datedTo work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train.

    • I fired on that train until August.
  • 22

    slangTo start (an engine).

  • 23

    hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingOf a horse: to race ahead with a burst of energy.

    • I'd say he struggled to get around the course. He never fired. In other years, when Buzzy Hannum rode him, he ran well enough to win, but not this time.
  • 24

    slangTo begin cooking an order.

fireintj詞源 2/ˈfaɪ.ə/

  • 1

    Command to shoot with firearms.

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