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单词 fire-eating
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Definition of fire-eating in English:

fire-eating

noun ˈfʌɪərˌiːtɪŋ
  • The action or practice of eating, or appearing to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., especially as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment.

adjective ˈfʌɪərˌiːtɪŋ
  • 1That eats, or appears to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., especially as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment.

  • 2Fierce, belligerent, quarrelsome.

  • 3US. Designating an extreme Southern partisan advocating secession from the Union. See "fire-eater". Now historical.

Origin

Mid 18th century; earliest use found in The Monthly Review. From fire + eating, after fire-eater
early 18th century. From fire + eating, after fire-eater.

Definition of fire-eating in US English:

fire-eating

nounˈfʌɪərˌiːtɪŋ
  • The action or practice of eating, or appearing to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., especially as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment.

adjectiveˈfʌɪərˌiːtɪŋ
  • 1That eats, or appears to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., especially as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment.

  • 2Fierce, belligerent, quarrelsome.

  • 3US. Designating an extreme Southern partisan advocating secession from the Union. See "fire-eater". Now historical.

Origin

Mid 18th century; earliest use found in The Monthly Review. From fire + eating, after fire-eater<br>early 18th century. From fire + eating, after fire-eater.

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