| 单词 | fire something ↔ off |
| 释义 | fire something ↔ offfire something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v a) SHOOTto shoot a bullet, bomb etc into the air 开枪[炮]，射击 Chuck reloaded and fired off both barrels. 查克重新给枪上了膛，然后把两根枪筒中的子弹都打了出去。 Mexicans have a tradition of firing off guns to welcome in the new year. 墨西哥人有鸣枪迎新年的传统。 b) SENDto quickly send an angry letter to someone 匆忙寄发〔表达愤怒的信件〕 I fired off a furious letter to the editor. 我气冲冲地给编辑发了一封信。 Examples from the Corpus fire off• Behind them stood a line of Mukhabarat men, with orders to shoot anyone who failed to fire or aimed off.• It shouldn't have happened.Anger over the chemical fire that closed off a town.• Neither resisted, but the man suddenly opened fire before driving off empty-handed.• They agreed they were quite lucky to escape the fire and set off for a foreign country.• The speed the fire had taken off had been astonishing.• Leyland fired one off the bar, and the police threw him in jail overnight.• They returned fire before breaking off the engagement.• Then he could fire the troublemakers off the mountain. → fire something ↔ off at fire2(PHRASAL VERB) |
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