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Definition of backfire in English: backfireverbbakˈfʌɪəˈbækˌfaɪ(ə)r [no object]1(of a vehicle or its engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust. （车辆或其发动机）发生回火 a car backfired in the road and shoppers ducked instinctively Example sentencesExamples - When my father turned around to go back in the house, we heard a loud noise like a car backfiring.
- Dave continued to tighten his screw till abruptly the engine choked, backfired and died.
- He goes on holiday to the beach in an odd little car that is constantly backfiring, and we follow him as he interacts with the other vacationers at a seaside hotel.
- With a sudden flash and the crack of a car backfiring, the machine surged to life again, its high-pitched shriek more earsplitting than ever.
- It was far too loud to be attributed to a car engine backfiring, and immediately drew the clientele to rush like moths against the window.
- When a backboard shatters, it sounds sort of similar to a gunshot or a car backfiring.
- A car backfired somewhere, the CD now flew upwards at a fresh angle and speed.
- Deafening car stereos, honking horns and noises like gun shots ring out as hundreds of drivers deliberately make their car engines backfire.
- Few problems were encountered until two of the engines started backfiring and within two minutes had quit.
- The operation of the rotary engine means that it is not prone to backfiring on hydrogen, as conventional piston engines are.
- They ran into trouble in the centre of the city when the bus began backfiring.
- The engine coughed, backfired, and a small explosion sent the transport's occupants flying.
- If I got it wrong (not too often, thankfully) the motor would backfire and try to kick me over the handlebars.
- The supersonic jet was hit by an engine surge - like a car backfiring - then diverted to Cardiff airport en route to Heathrow, a spokesman said.
- ‘Now, I get very panicky at the sound of a loud explosion caused by a tire blowout or the sound of a car backfiring in the parking lot,’ he said jokingly.
- My mother could distinguish gunshots from a firecracker or a car backfiring.
- We hear stories of war veterans hitting the ground when they hear a car backfiring.
- Since the ships were used to being heated up, a sudden blast of hot air on a cold engine could backfire the engine or even destroy vital components.
- The car engine backfired in three sudden bursts as they drove off.
- ‘It just sounded like a car backfiring,’ she said, ‘it sounded like a gunshot.’
2(of a plan or action) have an opposite and undesirable effect to what was intended. （计划，行动）事与愿违；产生反作用 overzealous publicity backfired on her 过分热心的宣传反而对她产生了反作用。 Example sentencesExamples - But that strategy will backfire, because nobody will take the Council's recommendations seriously.
- Their plan backfired, and soon the fire grew out of control and they fled in panic.
- They said the plan backfired when four times as many workers joined the unions than had left.
- Yeah, I love how Cale's plans keep backfiring on him.
- Jenni is obviously jealous, and it looks like her plan has backfired.
- To my glee, Anthony didn't enjoy it much either, so his plan backfired.
- Nothing can serious happen to them, as they are locked in their battle, and the worst thing that can happen is their plan backfiring.
- I stayed quiet thinking that maybe she would think that she had just been hearing things but my plan backfired.
- This comes with the warning that this plan can backfire spectacularly.
- Down the road, this policy could backfire badly on the US and on the caretaker government.
- However, the wait-and-see policy could backfire if those players manage to secure contracts elsewhere in the meantime.
- These plans have backfired, however, leading to growing criticism of the sanctions policy.
- Rork had already risked so much and his plans kept backfiring.
- His scheme had backfired however, because he failed to check that I had any money in the first place.
- However, his plan backfired as no one took him up on his offer.
- Due to the uprising the plan has backfired on an epic scale.
- Never before has a devious little plan backfired so badly.
- However, his plan backfired and he was hung for treason in 1606.
- I have to say, if the idea was to persuade any of us that her followers are sane and rational people, the plan backfired in spectacular fashion.
- Gloria knew her plan had backfired and that she would have to come up with something better next time.
Synonyms rebound, boomerang, come back, have an adverse effect have unwelcome repercussions for, cause one to be hoist with one's own petard, be self-defeating, be counterproductive fail, miscarry, go wrong informal blow up in someone's face archaic redound on
nounˈbakfʌɪəˈbækˌfaɪ(ə)r 1A mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of a vehicle or engine. （车辆或发动机的）回火 once the engine is running smoothly, a backfire can be dramatic Example sentencesExamples - My favourites are still the RX7 rotaries, which give magnificent flameouts and backfires from the exhaust when the drivers lift their foot off the accelerator.
- I handled that okay, but it just so happened that a farmer was running a tractor nearby and managed to produce a loud backfire just as we reached the stream.
- And I heard this - it was a shot, but it sounded like a backfire.
- ‘It sounded like a backfire - and then somebody hooted and shouted to me to hop out of the vehicle as it was on fire,’ she said.
- My legs were JeIl-O when I walked away from them, and a passing car's backfire nearly stopped my heart.
- However, just a few days later the aircraft suffered serious damage following a fire started by an engine backfire.
- On the battlefield, this engine produced a loud backfire when starting, instantly drawing enemy fire.
- A slight backfire on starting could burn the engine off the wing!
- As the landing gear was being retracted, he felt a slight hesitation and mild backfire with the left engine.
2North American A fire started deliberately to stop the progress of an approaching fire by creating a burned area in its path. 〈北美〉（为形成防火隔离带而有意点燃的）迎面火 Example sentencesExamples - Fires were initially started as backfires to blacken areas adjacent to firelines.
- The gusty wind prevented the air tanker drops of retardant, and use of backfires that are key tactics of fire containment.
- Most flame weeders on the market are the same ones used by fire fighters to set backfires.
- For both fires, portions of the barrens sample area were burned by the backfire flame while other portions were burned by a more intense headfire.
- Ironically it was a backfire, set to contain the prescribed burn, that was caught by unexpected wind gusts and roared out of control.
- Around Summerhaven, crews using hand torches, which drip flame to start backfires, and aided by air tankers succeeded on Sunday in keeping the fire away from dozens of surviving homes and an observatory.
- That's when we lit a backfire, which the raging combination fire drew toward itself automatically.
Rhymesacquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah Definition of backfire in US English: backfireverbˈbækˌfaɪ(ə)rˈbakˌfī(ə)r [no object]1(of an engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust. （车辆或其发动机）发生回火 a car backfired in the road Example sentencesExamples - It was far too loud to be attributed to a car engine backfiring, and immediately drew the clientele to rush like moths against the window.
- We hear stories of war veterans hitting the ground when they hear a car backfiring.
- With a sudden flash and the crack of a car backfiring, the machine surged to life again, its high-pitched shriek more earsplitting than ever.
- Few problems were encountered until two of the engines started backfiring and within two minutes had quit.
- When a backboard shatters, it sounds sort of similar to a gunshot or a car backfiring.
- The supersonic jet was hit by an engine surge - like a car backfiring - then diverted to Cardiff airport en route to Heathrow, a spokesman said.
- When my father turned around to go back in the house, we heard a loud noise like a car backfiring.
- My mother could distinguish gunshots from a firecracker or a car backfiring.
- The engine coughed, backfired, and a small explosion sent the transport's occupants flying.
- A car backfired somewhere, the CD now flew upwards at a fresh angle and speed.
- They ran into trouble in the centre of the city when the bus began backfiring.
- The car engine backfired in three sudden bursts as they drove off.
- ‘Now, I get very panicky at the sound of a loud explosion caused by a tire blowout or the sound of a car backfiring in the parking lot,’ he said jokingly.
- If I got it wrong (not too often, thankfully) the motor would backfire and try to kick me over the handlebars.
- Deafening car stereos, honking horns and noises like gun shots ring out as hundreds of drivers deliberately make their car engines backfire.
- Dave continued to tighten his screw till abruptly the engine choked, backfired and died.
- ‘It just sounded like a car backfiring,’ she said, ‘it sounded like a gunshot.’
- He goes on holiday to the beach in an odd little car that is constantly backfiring, and we follow him as he interacts with the other vacationers at a seaside hotel.
- Since the ships were used to being heated up, a sudden blast of hot air on a cold engine could backfire the engine or even destroy vital components.
- The operation of the rotary engine means that it is not prone to backfiring on hydrogen, as conventional piston engines are.
2(of a plan or action) rebound adversely on the originator; have the opposite effect to what was intended. （计划，行动）事与愿违；产生反作用 overzealous publicity backfired on her 过分热心的宣传反而对她产生了反作用。 Example sentencesExamples - His scheme had backfired however, because he failed to check that I had any money in the first place.
- I have to say, if the idea was to persuade any of us that her followers are sane and rational people, the plan backfired in spectacular fashion.
- But that strategy will backfire, because nobody will take the Council's recommendations seriously.
- Yeah, I love how Cale's plans keep backfiring on him.
- Nothing can serious happen to them, as they are locked in their battle, and the worst thing that can happen is their plan backfiring.
- However, his plan backfired and he was hung for treason in 1606.
- Down the road, this policy could backfire badly on the US and on the caretaker government.
- Never before has a devious little plan backfired so badly.
- These plans have backfired, however, leading to growing criticism of the sanctions policy.
- Gloria knew her plan had backfired and that she would have to come up with something better next time.
- Due to the uprising the plan has backfired on an epic scale.
- However, the wait-and-see policy could backfire if those players manage to secure contracts elsewhere in the meantime.
- However, his plan backfired as no one took him up on his offer.
- Their plan backfired, and soon the fire grew out of control and they fled in panic.
- To my glee, Anthony didn't enjoy it much either, so his plan backfired.
- Jenni is obviously jealous, and it looks like her plan has backfired.
- I stayed quiet thinking that maybe she would think that she had just been hearing things but my plan backfired.
- They said the plan backfired when four times as many workers joined the unions than had left.
- This comes with the warning that this plan can backfire spectacularly.
- Rork had already risked so much and his plans kept backfiring.
Synonyms rebound, boomerang, come back, have an adverse effect
nounˈbækˌfaɪ(ə)rˈbakˌfī(ə)r 1A mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of a vehicle or engine. （车辆或发动机的）回火 Example sentencesExamples - However, just a few days later the aircraft suffered serious damage following a fire started by an engine backfire.
- ‘It sounded like a backfire - and then somebody hooted and shouted to me to hop out of the vehicle as it was on fire,’ she said.
- And I heard this - it was a shot, but it sounded like a backfire.
- On the battlefield, this engine produced a loud backfire when starting, instantly drawing enemy fire.
- My favourites are still the RX7 rotaries, which give magnificent flameouts and backfires from the exhaust when the drivers lift their foot off the accelerator.
- I handled that okay, but it just so happened that a farmer was running a tractor nearby and managed to produce a loud backfire just as we reached the stream.
- A slight backfire on starting could burn the engine off the wing!
- As the landing gear was being retracted, he felt a slight hesitation and mild backfire with the left engine.
- My legs were JeIl-O when I walked away from them, and a passing car's backfire nearly stopped my heart.
2North American A fire set intentionally to arrest the progress of an approaching fire by creating a burned area in its path, thus depriving the fire of fuel. 〈北美〉（为形成防火隔离带而有意点燃的）迎面火 Example sentencesExamples - Ironically it was a backfire, set to contain the prescribed burn, that was caught by unexpected wind gusts and roared out of control.
- Most flame weeders on the market are the same ones used by fire fighters to set backfires.
- Fires were initially started as backfires to blacken areas adjacent to firelines.
- The gusty wind prevented the air tanker drops of retardant, and use of backfires that are key tactics of fire containment.
- For both fires, portions of the barrens sample area were burned by the backfire flame while other portions were burned by a more intense headfire.
- That's when we lit a backfire, which the raging combination fire drew toward itself automatically.
- Around Summerhaven, crews using hand torches, which drip flame to start backfires, and aided by air tankers succeeded on Sunday in keeping the fire away from dozens of surviving homes and an observatory.
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