fires
英 [fɑɪrs] 美 [fɑɪrs]

n.

火( fire的名词复数 )；火灾；热情；射击

v.

开火，射击( fire的第三人称单数 )；解雇；射（箭）；激励

英英释义

fire[ fairz ]

• n.
  • the event of something burning (often destructive)

    "they lost everything in the fire"

  • the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

    "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

    同义词：flameflaming

  • the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

    "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

    同义词：firing

  • a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

    "they sat by the fire and talked"

  • intense adverse criticism

    "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"

    同义词：attackflakflackblast

  • feelings of great warmth and intensity

    同义词：ardorardourfervorfervourfervencyfervidness

  • once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
  • a severe trial

    "he went through fire and damnation"

• v.
  • start firing a weapon

    同义词：open fire

  • cause to go off

    "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"

    同义词：discharge

  • bake in a kiln so as to harden

    "fire pottery"

  • terminate the employment of

    "The boss fired his secretary today"

    同义词：give noticecandismissgive the axesend awaysackforce outgive the sackterminate

  • go off or discharge

    "The gun fired"

    同义词：dischargego off

  • drive out or away by or as if by fire

    "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

  • call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

    同义词：arouseelicitenkindlekindleevokeraiseprovoke

  • destroy by fire

    同义词：burnburn down

  • provide with fuel

    "Oil fires the furnace"

    同义词：fuel

词组短语

on fire adv. 着火；起火；在兴头上；非常激动

on the fire在审议中；在考虑中

fire control消防；火力控制；射击控制

under fire受到严厉批评；遭到攻击

like fire飞快地，迅速地

fire protection消防；消防处

fire fighting消防

fire prevention防火

fire alarm火警；火警警报器

fire retardant阻燃剂；防火剂；防火材料

fire safety消防安全

forest fire森林火灾；森林大火；山火

fire on v. 向……射击

open fire v. 开火；开始

fire resistance抗火性，耐火性（能）；抗燃烧性

set on fire焚烧；使情绪激昂

fire at向……开火

set fire纵火

fire detection火灾探测；火警探测；火警侦察器

fire extinguisher灭火器

更多收起词组短语

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Longrange fires cause enemy forces to disperse and hide, thus making them more vulnerable to a vigorous attack by ground forces.
   远程火力迫使敌军进行疏散和隐藏，也因此而导致他们在由地面部队发起的强大攻击面前更加容易被消灭。

权威例句

Stoking the fires? CO 2 emissions and economic growth
Surprises and lessons from the 1988 Yellowstone fires
Interactions Among Wildland Fires in a Long-Established Sierra Nevada Natural Fire Area
Numbers and sizes of fires: long-term spatially explicit fire history in a Swedish boreal landscape.
Control of smoke flow in tunnel fires using longitudinal ventilation systems – a study of the critical velocity
Modification of the soil environment by vegetation fires, with particular reference to nitrogen transformations: A review
Responses of hardwood advance regeneration to seasonal prescribed fires in oak-dominated shelterwood stands
Global distribution and seasonality of active fires as observed with the Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiomete...
Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997–2009)
Vegetation Change in Response to Extreme Events: The Effect of a Short Interval between Fires in California Chaparral and Coastal Sc...