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单词 fiery
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Definition of fiery in English:

fiery

adjectivefieriest, fierier ˈfʌɪəriˈfaɪ(ə)ri
  • 1Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

    火的;熊熊燃烧的

    the sun was a fiery ball low on the hills

    太阳简直就是低悬在山上的一个火球。

    figurative a fiery pepper sauce
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hot tubs of fiery lava and brain-eating zombies are new additions to the neighbourhood.
    • The wind is like a burning fiery furnace's blast if not worse.
    • It was a lamb dish with fresh garlic and fiery hot, green chillies - the numerous seeds packed the punch.
    • To distinguish this planet glow from that of the fiery hot stars, the astronomers used a simple trick.
    • He roared in pain, then blew a jet of flame at the offending helicopter, causing it to explode in a fiery ball.
    • A fiery ball was all that was left of the surrounding cars.
    • Unfortunately, the demon's fiery sword was waiting and caught my blow.
    • In the Western United States, it's likely to be a hot, fiery summer.
    • I ignored them, too intent on vocally harassing the person who had made my life a living, hot, fiery hell ever since they just happened to shoot me.
    • I felt my heart plummet to the earth's core and sink into the scorching ball of fiery lava with an ominous plonking noise.
    • Whisky was associated with a fiery taste and a burning sensation as it went down the gullet.
    • She tapped her rod a few times, and it came ablaze with fiery light.
    • He brought the cigar to his mouth and sucked on it, the orange tip growing a fiery hot yellow, then returning to its usual dullness.
    • He pictured it as a liquid fiery ball, constantly dripping flames into no particular direction due to lack of gravity.
    • As the fiery ball sunk lower into the water, the colors radiated over its surface, shining and creating a beautiful pallet of color.
    • A large asteroid enters the atmosphere at extremely high speed, glowing red hot as the friction of the air turns it into a fiery cannon ball.
    • Just then, a fiery ball hit a room next to the throne room.
    • Those who sleep at all dream of fiery, burning places where eyes smart and breath inflames the lungs.
    • A scalding pain lanced through her body like a fiery, hot poker.
    • Allen's gaze had come to settle on the horizon, where the sun was slowly dipping out of sight, a fiery light burning into the sky.
    Synonyms
    burning, blazing, flaming, raging
    on fire, ablaze, afire, lighted, lit
    incandescent, red-hot, scorching
    1. 1.1 Having the bright colour of fire.
      火红的,血红的
      the car was painted a fiery red

      汽车漆成了火红色。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I turned around to see a person with fiery red hair and deep brown eyes staring at me.
      • She leaned her head against the chain, rocking gently while she watched the sky change from a brilliant pink to a fiery red to a deep purple.
      • I turned back to face her bright blue eyes and fiery red hair and studied her.
      • She had red fiery hair, and she had a deep colour of green eyes.
      • The sun is slowly slipping over the horizon and bathing the sky in brilliant hues of yellow and fiery red.
      • The colour is so fiery it looks like one bite will singe your lips off, but the flavour is a wonderfully complex mixture of sweet and spicy.
      • While the little black dress will always be a safe bet, the trend this year is to be bold with colour and you will find a range of fiery reds, rich pinks, violets and berry shades.
      • The demon had the face of an attractive young man, but his eyes glowed viciously with an intense, fiery red, even when the flames left his body.
      • The muted red that resulted wasn't pink, but it certainly wasn't as bright and fiery as a pure red.
      • There were examples in pale and deep green, fiery oranges and reds.
      • Millions of fiery colours swerved before her eyes enveloping her.
      • The sunlight was again basking her vivid curls in fiery red.
      • He was dressed in simple clothes, but the fiery colour of his hair and the deep burning in his brown eyes suggested he was special in some way.
      • Annoyed, the werewolf stopped was and lifted his head to glare at Rich with fiery red eyes.
      • She was pretty with her fiery red curls and bright blue eyes.
      • The judge was smiling; something which gave his rosy cheeks even more of a fiery colour.
      • It fuels the amazing fire tornado, which pirouettes in a fiery red glow at ten-minute intervals.
      • Her finger were bright red, now too, a bright, fiery hot orange red of a heated metal.
      • His face was quickly acquiring the colour of his fiery hairstyle.
      • The fiery oranges and rich reds seemed to be painted on the deep blue of the water.
      Synonyms
      bright, brilliant, vivid, vibrant, intense, deep, rich, strong, bold
    2. 1.2 Having a passionate and quick-tempered nature.
      (人)充满激情的;脾气火爆的
      a fiery, imaginative Aries

      充满激情、富于想像力的出生于白羊宫时段的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was broken early due to his fiery nature, which showed more often than not.
      • The energetic chemistry between Power and Sexton drives the play forward as they share moments of love and hate with a fiery passion.
      • Both men have fiery tempers and a burning, sometimes intrusive, desire to win.
      • Jacquelyn nicknamed him Spike, in recognition of his petulant, fiery nature, which his four younger siblings apparently found considerably irksome.
      • I noticed that Zeke is so laid back and patient and easy-going and Aimee is all fiery and passionate about everything!
      • He's passionate, fiery, angry and full of conviction.
      • This has always been a little hard for me, since I'm a fiery guy by nature, but Coach has really taught me a lot about controlling my emotions on the court.
      • Ferguson's fiery temper and outspoken nature contrasts with the other's reserved, low-key and media-shy approach.
      • What happens is that they are both very fiery, strong characters and they gesticulate a lot.
      • Maria Callas needs no promotion, yet her distinctively fiery, passionate style was not equally suited to every role.
      • A fiery passionate temperament may have made you interesting and challenging on day one.
      • You're passionate and fiery and need a short, funky textured look.
      • Nancy, however, was very used to the princess's fiery nature.
      • But there seems a special onus on the pivotal football figures at the club who share both Johnstone's flame hair and his fiery nature to mark an end by making a start.
      • To her, Paul needs a passionate, fiery soul to match his own and he would never be satisfied unless he has it.
      • A quiet and reserved man in public, he showed his fiery nature privately.
      • Apparently the play is about ‘a fiery passionate Southern girl’ and her ‘stormy relationship’ with a man.
      • Hughes has worked hard on curbing his fiery nature, reining in his fanatical work-rate in the gym and getting him to control and direct his natural aggression.
      • Next she stood up and faced the Lady, fiery passion and power evident in her eyes.
      • Not that she has any talent for arguments, but she has a passionate heart and a fiery spirit.
      • Mrs Wood, a graphic designer currently working as a cleaner, said some people automatically associated red hair with a bad temper and fiery nature.
      • A genuine artist, his fiery, passionate nature carried over to his work and transformed it into a feast for the senses that captured the soul.
      Synonyms
      passionate, impassioned, ardent, fervent, fervid, lively, zealous, spirited
      uncontrollable, ungovernable
      quick-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, volatile, explosive, angry, heated, aggressive, determined, resolute
    3. 1.3 Showing strong emotion, typically anger.
      a fiery speech

      慷慨激昂的演说。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The sermon was a fiery denunciation of strong drink.
      • She was famous for these quick, fiery bursts of anger like her mother, but she rarely gets angry.
      • And the love he felt for his mother was as fiery as the anger that she could so easily incite in him.
      • By most accounts he is quite conservative, even if he is not known for provocative speeches and fiery dissents.
      • That fiery anger built up in me again, but this time I had control over it.
      • Her voice was cold, with no hint of the fiery anger that showed plain on her face.
      • Everyone wanted a chance to give fiery speeches.
      • The second anniversary promises to be more private, more reflective and without the ceremonial grandeur and fiery political speeches.
      • Some people call me a traitor or a collaborator for all the above and for speaking the truth as opposed to rhetorical, fiery speeches which have been our downfall.
      • Her breathing seemed to echo around this whole new world, and she'd never felt so alive with fiery emotion than now.
      • His voice came out cold and rigid yet fiery with untamed anger etched within it.
      • Inside those eyes was anger, anger so fiery that Catherine grew more afraid.
      • Then in English she burst into a fiery political speech.
      • In spite of some fiery emotions at the moment I think you'll be happily surprised at just how restrained and conscious the work has been along this course.
      • Her eyes were filled with black blotches of tears but she was glaring through them, her gaze fiery with anger.
      • The real battleground will involve our watery emotions mixing with fiery impulses.
      • The relationship between Alistair Nicholson and politicians of all political colours has often been fiery.
      • From where he walked on the ground next to her, though, Nicolas could tell she was masking not tears, but a fiery anger.
      • He tried to turn over, to face her, but at the sight of him the fiery anger overwhelmed her, and she swung as hard as she could in a deadly arc!
      • The Member for Essex delivered a fiery speech, but I think the quote of the day goes to a Member from the Bloc whose riding I didn't catch.
      Synonyms
      dynamic, flamboyant, striking, strong, powerful, lively, animated, spirited, vibrant, vital, vigorous, energetic, vivacious, zestful

Derivatives

  • fierily

  • adverb ˈfʌɪərɪliˈfaɪrəli
    • ‘I will kill this person,’ he growled fierily, holding her tightly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My mother was a fierily passionate woman who had deep roots in the mines.
      • He rushed at her then and shoved her back roughly against the wall; he held tightly to her elbows and glared fierily into her eyes.
      • We pushed ourselves closer together until she had pushed my back against the sand and was fierily kissing me.
      • Ed laughed lightly at catching her in her own synaptic misfire while she glared fierily at him.
  • fieriness

  • noun ˈfʌɪərɪnəsˈfaɪrinəs
    • The downside, for those who don't like to see their Open venues taken apart, is that the rain will take the fieriness out of the fairways and take some of the unpredictability out of the bounce.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Another major talent to emerge was Natalia, a Russian whose training in flamenco dancing brought a sensational fieriness to her performance.
      • Well Haley was squaring up to Jared who stood lazily in front of her unperturbed by Haley's arguing, a smirk tugging at his lips at her fieriness.
      • Afraid that her old fieriness was wearing away from the months of submission, she decided to sneak out one night.
      • ‘For the Sun’ falls a little short of these expectations, but his fieriness buoys the song despite its sing-along chorus and radio-friendly veneer.

Rhymes

diary, enquiry, expiry, friary, inquiry, miry, priory, spiry, wiry

Definition of fiery in US English:

fiery

adjectiveˈfaɪ(ə)riˈfī(ə)rē
  • 1Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

    火的;熊熊燃烧的

    the sun was a fiery ball low on the hills

    太阳简直就是低悬在山上的一个火球。

    as submodifier figurative a fiery hot chili sauce
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She tapped her rod a few times, and it came ablaze with fiery light.
    • A fiery ball was all that was left of the surrounding cars.
    • The wind is like a burning fiery furnace's blast if not worse.
    • A scalding pain lanced through her body like a fiery, hot poker.
    • I felt my heart plummet to the earth's core and sink into the scorching ball of fiery lava with an ominous plonking noise.
    • He brought the cigar to his mouth and sucked on it, the orange tip growing a fiery hot yellow, then returning to its usual dullness.
    • To distinguish this planet glow from that of the fiery hot stars, the astronomers used a simple trick.
    • In the Western United States, it's likely to be a hot, fiery summer.
    • Hot tubs of fiery lava and brain-eating zombies are new additions to the neighbourhood.
    • I ignored them, too intent on vocally harassing the person who had made my life a living, hot, fiery hell ever since they just happened to shoot me.
    • Those who sleep at all dream of fiery, burning places where eyes smart and breath inflames the lungs.
    • Unfortunately, the demon's fiery sword was waiting and caught my blow.
    • He roared in pain, then blew a jet of flame at the offending helicopter, causing it to explode in a fiery ball.
    • It was a lamb dish with fresh garlic and fiery hot, green chillies - the numerous seeds packed the punch.
    • Whisky was associated with a fiery taste and a burning sensation as it went down the gullet.
    • As the fiery ball sunk lower into the water, the colors radiated over its surface, shining and creating a beautiful pallet of color.
    • He pictured it as a liquid fiery ball, constantly dripping flames into no particular direction due to lack of gravity.
    • A large asteroid enters the atmosphere at extremely high speed, glowing red hot as the friction of the air turns it into a fiery cannon ball.
    • Allen's gaze had come to settle on the horizon, where the sun was slowly dipping out of sight, a fiery light burning into the sky.
    • Just then, a fiery ball hit a room next to the throne room.
    Synonyms
    burning, blazing, flaming, raging
    1. 1.1 Having the bright color of fire.
      火红的,血红的
      the car was painted a fiery red

      汽车漆成了火红色。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her finger were bright red, now too, a bright, fiery hot orange red of a heated metal.
      • She had red fiery hair, and she had a deep colour of green eyes.
      • He was dressed in simple clothes, but the fiery colour of his hair and the deep burning in his brown eyes suggested he was special in some way.
      • The fiery oranges and rich reds seemed to be painted on the deep blue of the water.
      • She was pretty with her fiery red curls and bright blue eyes.
      • The demon had the face of an attractive young man, but his eyes glowed viciously with an intense, fiery red, even when the flames left his body.
      • There were examples in pale and deep green, fiery oranges and reds.
      • His face was quickly acquiring the colour of his fiery hairstyle.
      • It fuels the amazing fire tornado, which pirouettes in a fiery red glow at ten-minute intervals.
      • The muted red that resulted wasn't pink, but it certainly wasn't as bright and fiery as a pure red.
      • The sun is slowly slipping over the horizon and bathing the sky in brilliant hues of yellow and fiery red.
      • Millions of fiery colours swerved before her eyes enveloping her.
      • The sunlight was again basking her vivid curls in fiery red.
      • The colour is so fiery it looks like one bite will singe your lips off, but the flavour is a wonderfully complex mixture of sweet and spicy.
      • Annoyed, the werewolf stopped was and lifted his head to glare at Rich with fiery red eyes.
      • While the little black dress will always be a safe bet, the trend this year is to be bold with colour and you will find a range of fiery reds, rich pinks, violets and berry shades.
      • I turned around to see a person with fiery red hair and deep brown eyes staring at me.
      • The judge was smiling; something which gave his rosy cheeks even more of a fiery colour.
      • I turned back to face her bright blue eyes and fiery red hair and studied her.
      • She leaned her head against the chain, rocking gently while she watched the sky change from a brilliant pink to a fiery red to a deep purple.
      Synonyms
      bright, brilliant, vivid, vibrant, intense, deep, rich, strong, bold
    2. 1.2 (of a person) having a passionate, quick-tempered nature.
      (人)充满激情的;脾气火爆的
      a fiery, imaginative Aries

      充满激情、富于想像力的出生于白羊宫时段的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The energetic chemistry between Power and Sexton drives the play forward as they share moments of love and hate with a fiery passion.
      • Nancy, however, was very used to the princess's fiery nature.
      • You're passionate and fiery and need a short, funky textured look.
      • This has always been a little hard for me, since I'm a fiery guy by nature, but Coach has really taught me a lot about controlling my emotions on the court.
      • A quiet and reserved man in public, he showed his fiery nature privately.
      • Mrs Wood, a graphic designer currently working as a cleaner, said some people automatically associated red hair with a bad temper and fiery nature.
      • Jacquelyn nicknamed him Spike, in recognition of his petulant, fiery nature, which his four younger siblings apparently found considerably irksome.
      • He's passionate, fiery, angry and full of conviction.
      • Next she stood up and faced the Lady, fiery passion and power evident in her eyes.
      • What happens is that they are both very fiery, strong characters and they gesticulate a lot.
      • Ferguson's fiery temper and outspoken nature contrasts with the other's reserved, low-key and media-shy approach.
      • I noticed that Zeke is so laid back and patient and easy-going and Aimee is all fiery and passionate about everything!
      • Both men have fiery tempers and a burning, sometimes intrusive, desire to win.
      • Hughes has worked hard on curbing his fiery nature, reining in his fanatical work-rate in the gym and getting him to control and direct his natural aggression.
      • A genuine artist, his fiery, passionate nature carried over to his work and transformed it into a feast for the senses that captured the soul.
      • To her, Paul needs a passionate, fiery soul to match his own and he would never be satisfied unless he has it.
      • A fiery passionate temperament may have made you interesting and challenging on day one.
      • Not that she has any talent for arguments, but she has a passionate heart and a fiery spirit.
      • Maria Callas needs no promotion, yet her distinctively fiery, passionate style was not equally suited to every role.
      • Apparently the play is about ‘a fiery passionate Southern girl’ and her ‘stormy relationship’ with a man.
      • He was broken early due to his fiery nature, which showed more often than not.
      • But there seems a special onus on the pivotal football figures at the club who share both Johnstone's flame hair and his fiery nature to mark an end by making a start.
      Synonyms
      passionate, impassioned, ardent, fervent, fervid, lively, zealous, spirited
    3. 1.3 (of behavior or words) passionately angry and deeply felt.
      (言、行)激烈的
      a fiery speech

      慷慨激昂的演说。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Everyone wanted a chance to give fiery speeches.
      • The sermon was a fiery denunciation of strong drink.
      • Then in English she burst into a fiery political speech.
      • In spite of some fiery emotions at the moment I think you'll be happily surprised at just how restrained and conscious the work has been along this course.
      • The second anniversary promises to be more private, more reflective and without the ceremonial grandeur and fiery political speeches.
      • Her eyes were filled with black blotches of tears but she was glaring through them, her gaze fiery with anger.
      • He tried to turn over, to face her, but at the sight of him the fiery anger overwhelmed her, and she swung as hard as she could in a deadly arc!
      • By most accounts he is quite conservative, even if he is not known for provocative speeches and fiery dissents.
      • The relationship between Alistair Nicholson and politicians of all political colours has often been fiery.
      • Some people call me a traitor or a collaborator for all the above and for speaking the truth as opposed to rhetorical, fiery speeches which have been our downfall.
      • The real battleground will involve our watery emotions mixing with fiery impulses.
      • And the love he felt for his mother was as fiery as the anger that she could so easily incite in him.
      • Inside those eyes was anger, anger so fiery that Catherine grew more afraid.
      • That fiery anger built up in me again, but this time I had control over it.
      • The Member for Essex delivered a fiery speech, but I think the quote of the day goes to a Member from the Bloc whose riding I didn't catch.
      • From where he walked on the ground next to her, though, Nicolas could tell she was masking not tears, but a fiery anger.
      • Her breathing seemed to echo around this whole new world, and she'd never felt so alive with fiery emotion than now.
      • Her voice was cold, with no hint of the fiery anger that showed plain on her face.
      • His voice came out cold and rigid yet fiery with untamed anger etched within it.
      • She was famous for these quick, fiery bursts of anger like her mother, but she rarely gets angry.
      Synonyms
      dynamic, flamboyant, striking, strong, powerful, lively, animated, spirited, vibrant, vital, vigorous, energetic, vivacious, zestful
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