| 词汇 | burn |
| 释义 | burn verb uk/bɜːn/ us/bɝːn/ burnt or burned | burnt or burned (DAMAGE) B1 [ I or T ]（把…）烧坏;（使）烧伤;（使）烧毁;（使）晒伤;（使）烫伤 to be hurt, damaged, or destroyed by fire or extreme heat, or to cause this to happen He was badly burned in the blaze. 他在大火中严重烧伤。 She burned his old love letters. 她烧掉了他的旧日情书。 Unable to escape, six people were burned alive/burned to death (= died by burning) in the building. 由于未能逃脱，有6个人在大楼里被活活烧死。 [ T always passive ]给…造成感情伤害 to cause emotional pain or damage to someone burn someone at the stake 对…处以火刑 to kill someone by tying the person to a post and burning them He refused to convert and was burned at the stake. She was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake. Some were captured and imprisoned while other poor souls were burned at the stake. Remember this was a time when people were burned at the stake for witchcraft. They burned her at the stake in 1431. burn (something) to the ground 彻底烧毁 to completely destroy a building by fire The building was burned to the ground ten years ago. 这幢建筑10年前被烧毁了。 The local police station was recently burned to the ground. Three people died and over fifty businesses burned to the ground in the riots. More than twenty homes were burned to the ground in the wildfires. Hundreds of protestors broke into the hall and burned it to the ground.
(PRODUCE FLAMES) B1 [ I ]着火;烧着;燃烧 to be on fire, or to produce flames The wood was wet and would not burn. 木头湿了，烧不着。 Helplessly we watched our house burning. 我们无助地看着房子在燃烧。 A fire was burning brightly in the fireplace. 壁炉里火烧得正旺。
(PRODUCE LIGHT) [ I ]发光 to produce light I saw a light burning in her window. 我看见了她窗口的灯光。 (FEEL HOT) [ I or T ]（脸）发烧，发烫 If your face or skin burns or if something burns it, it feels very hot. His face burned with embarrassment/shame. He was burning with anger. The brandy burned my throat. 白兰地喝下去后我感到喉咙里火辣辣的。 (WANT) [ + to infinitive ]迫不及待地想做…;渴望 to want to do something very much She was burning to tell us her news. 她迫不及待想把她的消息告诉我们。 (COPY) B2 [ T ]把（信息、音乐、图片等）复制（到光盘上）;刻录 to copy information, recorded music, images, etc. onto a CD Burn your favourite songs or your important files onto CDs. 把你最喜欢的歌曲或重要的文件刻录到光盘上。 Idioms burn your boats/bridgesidiom 自断退路;破釜沉舟 If you are in a situation and you burn your boats/bridges, you destroy all possible ways of going back to that situation. burn a hole in someone's pocketidiom 钱在口袋里留不住，一有钱就想花 If money is burning a hole in your pocket, you are very eager to spend it. burn the candle at both endsidiom 劳累过度 to work or do other things from early in the morning until late at night and so get very little rest burn the midnight oilidiom C2 工作到深夜;熬夜工作 to work late into the night get/have your fingers burnedidiom informal (also burn your fingers) （因错误决定而）吃亏，蒙受损失，（尤指）遭受金钱损失 to suffer unpleasant results of an action, especially loss of money, so you do not want to do the same thing again She'd invested extensively in stocks and got her fingers burned when the market collapsed. 她在股市上大量投资，结果股市崩溃损失惨重。 Phrasal verbs burn (something) downB2 烧毁，焚毁（尤指建筑物） to destroy something, especially a building, by fire, or to be destroyed by fire He tried to burn down the school by setting fire to a pile of papers. 他放火点燃了一堆报纸，妄图烧毁学校。 burn something off/upB2 （通过大量体育锻炼）消耗（能量或脂肪） to use or get rid of energy or fat by doing a lot of physical exercise Running is an excellent way to burn off excess calories. 跑步是消耗多余热量的极好办法。 burn out （火）烧尽 If a fire burns out, it stops producing flames because nothing remains that can burn. B2 （发动机等因过热）烧坏，出故障 If something such as a motor burns out, it stops working because of damage from heat. It looks like the starter motor on the car has burned out. 看起来像是汽车发动机的启动装置被烧坏了。 burn (yourself) out 把（自己）累垮 to be forced to stop working because you have become ill or very tired from working too hard Stop working so hard - you'll burn yourself out. 工作别这么拼命——你会累垮的。 See also: burn-out burn sb up US惹恼… to make someone angry I was really burned up by her comment. 我真的被她的评论惹恼了。 burn (something) upB2 烧光，烧尽 to destroy something completely with fire or heat, or to be destroyed completely by fire or heat Meteorites often burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the ground. 流星常常在到达地球之前就已经在大气层中燃尽了。 burn up 发高烧 to have a bad fever "You're burning up!" she said, touching his forehead. “你烧得很厉害！”她摸着他的额头说道。 burn up with something 心中充满…；备受…煎熬 If you burn up with an emotion, you feel that emotion so strongly that you cannot act in a reasonable way. He was burned up with jealousy and suspicion. 他妒火中烧，满腹狐疑。 burn with something 心中充满…；受…煎熬 If you burn with an emotion, you feel that emotion very strongly. They were both burning with desire. 他们俩欲火焚身。 burn noun [ C ] uk/bɜːn/ us/bɝːn/ (DAMAGE) 烧伤（的痕迹）;烫伤（的痕迹） a place where fire or heat has hurt or damaged something One rescue worker caught in the explosion sustained severe burns. 一名营救人员在爆炸中身上多处严重烧伤。 I noticed a cigarette burn in the carpet. 我注意到地毯上有烟头烫出的痕迹。 See also: heartburnsunburn (STREAM) Scottish English小溪 a small stream (INSULT) slang（带幽默的嘲讽用语。）真惨！糗大了！ an insult or criticism, usually a clever and funny one She said you were too old for her? Ooh, burn! 她说你对她来说太老了？噢，糗大了！ |
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