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burning

/bur-ning/US // ˈbɜr nɪŋ //UK // (ˈbɜːnɪŋ) //

燃烧,燃烧的,焚烧,灼烧

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : aflame; on fire.
    • : very hot; simmering: The water was burning.
    • : very bright; glowing: She wore a burning red bathing suit.
    • : caused by or as if by fire, a burn, or heat: He had a burning sensation in his throat.
    • : intense; passionate: a burning desire.
    • : urgent or crucial: a burning question.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state, process, sensation, or effect of being on fire, burned, or subjected to intense heat.
    • : the baking of ceramic products to develop hardness and other properties.
    • : the heating or the calcining of certain ores and rocks as a preliminary stage in various industrial processes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.blazing, flashing

Examples

  • The state passed a few new laws in 2018 designed to facilitate more intentional burning.

  • After settlers forcibly removed Indigenous people from the land, their cultural burning practices were eventually replaced by policies of full-on fire suppression.

  • Each year, the burning of fossil fuels emits about 100 times more carbon dioxide than volcanoes emit — too much too fast for oceans and weathering to neutralize it, which is why our climate is warming and our oceans are acidifying.

  • The burning keeps trees from growing — and also burns up old plants, returning their nutrients to the soil, too.

  • Most people know that the burning of fossil fuels spews a lot of this gas.

  • The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.

  • On his Instagram account (which has since been taken down), Brinsley made one reference to burning an American flag.

  • It reacts very readily with oxygen by burning smokelessly, with carbon dioxide and water as its byproducts.

  • Tank Battle Kim's death -- a clean version of Kim's Face shot (no head burning or head exploding).

  • I was tired, my eyes burning from the road and kind of disoriented.

  • Its backbone should be the study of biology and its substance should be the threshing out of the burning questions of our day.

  • Immediately Messa went up the stairs, and safely reached a large room where two candles were burning on a buffet.

  • A lurid spot on each cheek showed burning red through the bronze of his skin.

  • From early morn to early morn again, the hot winds continued, and the air was surcharged with the smell of burning plants.

  • A burning controversy between the Averroists and the orthodox schoolmen.