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单词 afire
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Definition of afire in English:

afire

adjective əˈfʌɪəəˈfaɪ(ə)r
literary
  • predicative On fire; burning.

    〈主诗/文〉着火地(的);燃烧着地(的)

    the whole mill was afire

    整座磨坊燃烧着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • White fumes rose from tear gas fired by the French, and black smoke billowed from a roadblock of burning metal drums set afire at the base gates by the loyalists.
    • And in the end, the gambling theater is exploded and set afire.
    • The litter was dumped at a common site and set afire.
    • Crooked fingers of lightning nearly lit the sky afire, and the thunder crackled like shots from a cannon.
    • My favorite Olympic torch lighting ceremony was in Barcelona, 1992, when an archer shot a flaming arrow over the altar to set it afire.
    Synonyms
    blazing, ablaze, burning, on fire, in flames, aflame

Rhymes

acquire, admire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, 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 afire in US English:

afire

adjectiveəˈfī(ə)rəˈfaɪ(ə)r
literary
  • predicative On fire; burning.

    〈主诗/文〉着火地(的);燃烧着地(的)

    the whole mill was afire

    整座磨坊燃烧着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The litter was dumped at a common site and set afire.
    • White fumes rose from tear gas fired by the French, and black smoke billowed from a roadblock of burning metal drums set afire at the base gates by the loyalists.
    • My favorite Olympic torch lighting ceremony was in Barcelona, 1992, when an archer shot a flaming arrow over the altar to set it afire.
    • And in the end, the gambling theater is exploded and set afire.
    • Crooked fingers of lightning nearly lit the sky afire, and the thunder crackled like shots from a cannon.
    Synonyms
    blazing, ablaze, burning, on fire, in flames, aflame
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