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afire

/uh-fahyuhr/US // əˈfaɪər //UK // (əˈfaɪə) //

火,火焰,火灾,火力

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : on fire: to set a house afire.
    • : aflame.

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Examples

  • Then, over the next two months, as he bought a couple of hundred more, he watched the stock price blow up, setting markets afire with controversy and inducing one of the most dramatic short-squeezes in history.

  • The bodies had been piled onto dry branches and logs, doused in gasoline, and set afire.

  • The blogosphere is afire with outrage: A rich do-nothing given probation for raping his three-year-old daughter!

  • TVs and DVDs and CDs were piled in the street and set afire.

  • Twitter is afire with thoughts on the Woodward-Politico-Gene Sperling imbroglio.

  • Most of the cars were set afire in carports or underground parking structures.

  • I also found the camp and the country round about burning, the said Ygolotes having set it afire only a short time before.

  • The insult that mademoiselle might overlook might even not have fully understood—set him afire with indignation for her sake.

  • The room should be moist with steam when the sulphur is set afire so that the fumes will act effectually.

  • On the floor he spread a lot of wet oakum wads to prevent the splashing of the metal setting the floor afire.

  • As supper-time came, they set this heap afire and let it burn for an hour or two, until the great flat ledge was at a white heat.