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fire FLAMESHfaIE5, $faIrn(material that is in) the state of burning that produces flames which send out heat and light, and might produce smoke火The world would be very different if humans had not discovered how to use fire. [U]假如人类没有发现如何使用火，世界将会很不一样。The factory had to be closed because the risk of fire was too great. [U]因为火灾危险性太大，这家工厂被迫关闭。The library was badly damaged in the fire. [C]图书馆在火灾中被严重毁坏。How many historic buildings are damaged by fire each year? [U]每年有多少历史性建筑毁于火灾?The library was badly damaged by fire. [U]图书馆被火严重烧毁。I had to be rescued by my neighbours when my house caught fire (=started to burn unintentionally). [U]我家房子起火时，我不得不靠邻居营救。There have been a lot of forest fires because of the drought. [C]这次干旱已经引起了许多森林火灾。Forty people helped to put out (=stop) the fire. [C]四十个人帮助扑灭了大火。If someone's words or their way of speaking is described as fire and brimstone, they are connected with the threat of severe punishment in hell after death.用地狱里的磨难作威胁The preacher gave a real fire and brimstone sermon.传教牧师作了一次生动逼真的关于炼狱磨难的布道。She was breathing fire and brimstone, threatening us with eternal damnation of our souls.她怒气冲天，威胁说要让我们的灵魂受到永远的诅咒。If something is on fire, it is burning when it is not meant to be.着火If your home was on fire and you could save only one thing, what would it be?假如你的家着了火，而你只能救出一样东西，你会救什么?If you set something / someone on fire or set fire to something or someone, you cause it or them to start burning.放火，点火Soldiers chased the protesters into a warehouse and set fire to it.士兵们将示威者赶进了一个仓库，然后将仓库点燃。Several peace campaigners set themselves on fire in protest at the government's involvement in the war.好几个争取和平者点火自焚，以抗议政府卷入战争。(dated) If you go through fire and water for someone, you face great difficulties or dangers for them.赴汤蹈火A fire is also a small controlled fire that is used for heating or cooking.炉火，火堆It's very cold in here--should I light the fire? [C]这儿挺冷的，我把火点起来吧?We cooked our supper on a fire that we'd lit on the beach. [C]我们在海滩上生了堆火做晚饭。A fire is also a gas or electric heater that is used to warm up a room.电或煤气取暖器Why don't you switch / put / turn the fire on if you're so cold? [C]如果感到这么冷的话，干吗不打开取暖器呢?I love real fires (=small controlled fires made from wood or coal that produce flames), but they create a lot more work than gas and electric fires. [C]我喜欢真的火炉，但它们比煤气和电气费事。A fire alarm is (the switch connected to) a device such as a bell or SIREN that warns the people in a building that the building is on fire.火警Sound the fire alarm by breaking the nearest fire alarm glass.砸碎最近的火警玻璃罩，拉响火警器。If the fire alarm goes off leave the building quickly and calmly.假如火警报警器响起，请快速镇静地离开大楼。A fire blanket is a type of cover made of a material which does not burn very easily, which you throw over a fire to put it out or stop it from spreading.灭火毯， 防火罩He quickly threw the fire blanket over the burning saucepan, which put out the fire immediately.他飞快地将灭火毯掷到起火的平底锅上，即刻将火扑灭。(Br and Aus) A fire brigade / (Am) fire department is an organization that is in charge of preventing unwanted fires or stopping them burning.消防队，灭火队A fire door is made of material that will not burn and is used to prevent a fire from spreading within a building.防火门Fire doors should not be wedged open at any time.任何时候都不要将防火门打开楔住。A fire drill is (the practising of) the set of actions that should be performed in order to leave a building such as an office, factory or school safely when it is on fire.消防演习Employers should ensure that all new employees are familiar with the fire drill.雇主们应当确保所有的新雇员都熟悉消防操作。Don't worry about the alarm--it's probably only a fire drill.别因为警报惊慌，很可能只是消防演习。A fire-eater is a performer who entertains people by seeming to swallow the flames on sticks that are burning at one end and also by JUGGLING (=throwing and catching) these sticks.吞火魔术师A fire engine is a large vehicle that carries FIREFIGHTERS and their equipment to a fire.消防车，灭火车Dozens of ambulances, fire engines and police cars raced to the scene after the explosion.爆炸发生后，数十辆救护车、救火车、警车向出事地点飞速驶去。A fire escape is a set of metal stairs, esp. on the outside of a building, which allows people to escape from a burning building.太平梯，安全出口A fire extinguisher is a device which contains water or a special gas, powder or FOAM that is put onto a fire to stop it burning.灭火器A fire hydrant / (Am also) fire-plug is a device to which FIREFIGHTERS can connect their equipment in order to obtain water from the public supply.消防栓，消防龙头(Br) A fire-raiser (also arsonist) is a criminal who intentionally starts fires in buildings.纵火者，放火者Fire-raising seems to be increasingly popular with teenagers who have dropped out of the education system.纵火现象似乎在逃学青少年中越来越普遍。A fire station / (Am also) fire house is a building where fire engines and equipment to fight fires are kept and where FIREFIGHTERS are based when they are not stopping fires from burning.消防站"Come home to a real fire" (advertisement by the British coal industry, 1970s)“回家享受真正的炉火”(引自英国煤炭工业70年代的广告) [FIERY]
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