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fire-cure

/fahyuhr-kyoor/US // ˈfaɪərˌkyʊər //

防火,防火处理,防火措施

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fire-cured, fire-cur·ing.

    • : to cure by means of open fires, the smoke and flame imparting a creosotic flavor.

Examples

  • But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?

  • The cameraman was reporting on the factory catching fire when the inevitable happened.

  • In 2007 he said he had discovered a cure for AIDS using natural herbs.

  • Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.

  • Maybe Mary is being more realistic about a second marriage—but is it too much to ask for a little fire?

  • "A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.

  • She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.

  • The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.

  • But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.

  • The men, whose poniards his sword parried, had recourse to fire-arms, and two pistols were fired at him.