This entry is filed as the crime of starting a fire on purpose — what more formal English calls arson. In British English that idea lives in a small family of words built from fire and raise (in older speech, to raise a fire was to start one).

This entry is filed as這個詞條講的是 the crime of starting a fire on purpose故意縱火這個罪行， — what more formal English calls arson.——比較正式的英文會叫它arson。 In British English that idea lives in a small family of words built from fire and raise在英式英文裡，這個概念活在一小群由fire和raise組成的字裡， (in older speech, to raise a fire was to start one).（在比較舊的說法裡，to raise a fire就是「放一把火」的意思）。

Though actually, the tidy split in real use is this: fire-raising is usually the crime; a fire-raiser is usually the person who does it. American English almost always says arson and arsonist instead. So if you meet fire-raiser in a British news story, ask which one they mean — the person is more common; the crime sense sits next door in fire-raising.

Though actually,不過其實， the tidy split in real use is this:實際使用時比較清楚的分工是這樣： fire-raising is usually the crime;fire-raising通常指這個罪行； a fire-raiser is usually the person who does it.fire-raiser通常則是指做這件事的人。 American English almost always says arson and arsonist instead.美式英文則幾乎都改說arson（罪行）和arsonist（縱火犯）。 So if you meet fire-raiser in a British news story, ask which one they mean所以如果你在英國新聞裡看到fire-raiser，要想一下他們指的是哪一個， — the person is more common; the crime sense sits next door in fire-raising.——指人比較常見；罪行的意思則落在旁邊的fire-raising身上。

It is a serious, formal-to-news word, not a joke, and it is not the same as a fire-eater (a circus performer).

It is a serious, formal-to-news word, not a joke,這是個嚴肅、偏新聞正式用語的字，不是玩笑話， and it is not the same as a fire-eater (a circus performer).也跟fire-eater（馬戲團的吞火表演者）不一樣。