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- v.燃烧;（使燃料）燃烧;(使)烧毁，烧坏，烧伤，烧死;烧;（使）晒伤，烫伤;刻录（光盘等）;着火;（使）烧焦，烧煳;烧着;发光;激怒;火辣辣地痛;（向…）迅速移动;有强烈的情感
- n.烧伤;灼伤;烫伤;溪流;酸痛感;烧(或烫、灼)的痕迹;小河
复数： burns 过去式： burnt; burned 现在分词： burning 过去分词： burnt; burned 第三人称单数： burns
burnverb
火 fire
燃烧；烧
to produce flames and heat
A welcoming fire was burning in the fireplace.
壁炉里燃烧着暖融融的炉火。
Fires were burning all over the city.
全城处处燃烧着大火。
着火；烧着
to be on fire
By nightfall the whole city was burning.
到黄昏时，全城已是一片火海。
Two children were rescued from the burning car.
两名儿童从燃烧着的车中被救了出来。
The smell of burning rubber filled the air.
空气中弥漫着橡胶燃烧的气味。
（使）烧毁，烧坏，烧伤，烧死
to destroy, damage, injure or kill sb/sth by fire; to be destroyed, etc. by fire
to burn waste paper/dead leaves
焚烧废纸 / 枯树叶
All his belongings were burnt in the fire.
他所有的财物都在大火中付之一炬。
The cigarette burned a hole in the carpet.
香烟把地毯烧了个洞。
The house was burnt to the ground (= completely destroyed) .
那座房子彻底焚毁了。
His greatest fear is of being burnt alive .
他最怕的是被活活烧死。
The house burned to the ground .
房子被大火夷为平地。
Ten people burned to death in the hotel fire.
旅馆火灾中有十人被烧死。
燃料 fuel
（使燃料）燃烧
if you burn a fuel, or a fuel burns , it produces heat, light or energy
a furnace that burns gas/oil/coke
煤气 / 煤油 / 焦炭熔炉
Some people burn calories (= use food to produce energy) faster than others.
有些人热量消耗得比其他人快。
Which fuel burns most efficiently?
哪种燃料燃烧效果最佳？
食物 food
（使）烧焦，烧煳
if food burns , or if you burn it, it is spoiled because it gets too hot
I can smell something burning in the kitchen.
我闻到厨房里有东西烧焦了。
Sorry─I burnt the toast.
抱歉——我把面包烤煳了。
太阳；热；酸 sun/heat/acid
（使）晒伤，烫伤，烧伤
to be damaged or injured by the sun, heat, acid, etc.; to damage or injure sb/sth in this way
My skin burns easily (= in the sun) .
我的皮肤容易晒伤。
I got badly burned by the sun yesterday.
我昨天严重晒伤。
The soup's hot. Don't burn your mouth.
汤很热，别烫了嘴。
I burned myself on the stove.
我被炉子烫了。
身体部位 of part of body
火辣辣地痛；发烫
if part of your body burns or is burning , it feels very hot and painful
Your forehead's burning. Have you got a fever?
你的前额很烫。你发烧了吗？
Her cheeks burned with embarrassment.
她的面颊羞得发烫。
灯 of a light
发光；发亮
to produce light
Lights were burning upstairs, but no one answered the door.
楼上亮着灯，但叫门没人回应。
有情感 / 热望 feel emotion/desire
有强烈的情感；渴望
to feel a very strong emotion or desire
to be burning with rage/ambition/love
满怀强烈的仇恨 / 远大的抱负 / 炽热的爱
He was burning to go climbing again.
他渴望再去爬山。
走得快 go fast
（向…）迅速移动
to move very fast in a particular direction
The car was burning down the road.
汽车沿着公路疾驰而去。
使生气 make angry
激怒；使大怒
to make sb very angry
So you did it just to burn me?
这么说，你那样做只是为了气我？
光盘等 CD, etc.
刻录（光盘等）
to put information onto a CD, etc.
to do sth that makes it impossible to return to the previous situation later
辞职前要三思——你得给自己留条退路。
Think carefully before you resign─you don't want to burn your bridges.
to become very tired by trying to do too many things and going to bed late and getting up early
to suffer as a result of doing sth without realizing the possible bad results, especially in business
他糊里糊涂地进入股票市场，结果赔了老本。
He got his fingers badly burnt dabbling in the stock market.
if money burns a hole in your pocket , you want to spend it as soon as you have it
to study or work until late at night
to drive very fast
to cook sth for too long or with too much heat, so that it becomes badly burnt
a person thinks that other people are talking about them, especially in an unkind way
“我昨天晚上偶然遇到你的前妻。”“怪不得我好像觉得耳朵发热呢！”
‘I bumped into your ex-wife last night.’ ‘I thought I could feel my ears burning!’
to have so much money that you do not have to be careful with it
（使）烧掉，烧光
to disappear as a result of burning; to make sth do this
Half the candle had burnt away.
那根蜡烛烧掉了一半。
The clothing on his back got burnt away in the fire.
他的衣服后背在大火中烧掉了。
（火势）减弱
if a fire burns down , it becomes weaker and has smaller flames
（被）焚毁
to be destroyed, or to destroy sth, by fire
The house burned down in 1895.
那房子在1895年烧毁了。
烧尽；熄灭
to stop burning because there is nothing more to burn
The fire had burnt (itself) out before the fire engines arrived.
救火车到达之前火就熄灭了。
（使因过热或使用过多）出故障
to stop working or to make sth stop working because it gets too hot or is used too much
The clutch has burnt out.
离合器因过热而失灵了。
耗尽体力；积劳成疾；累垮
to become extremely tired or sick by working too hard over a period of time
If he doesn't stop working so hard, he'll burn himself out.
他要是继续这样拼命工作，就会把自己累垮。
By the age of 25 she was completely burned out and retired from the sport.
她到25岁时就已体力耗尽，退出了体坛。
把…烧成空架子
to destroy sth completely by fire so that only the outer frame remains
The hotel was completely burnt out.
旅馆被烧得只剩一片废墟。
the burnt-out wreck of a car
汽车烧毁后的残骸
激怒；使大怒
to make sb very angry
The way he treats me really burns me up.
他这样对待我真使我恼火。
noun
伤 injury
烧伤；烫伤；灼伤；烧（或烫、灼）的痕迹
an injury or a mark caused by fire, heat or acid
minor/severe/third-degree burns
轻度 / 重度 / 三度烧伤
cigarette burns on the furniture
烟头在家具上烫出的痕迹
burn marks
烙印
a specialist burns unit in a hospital
医院的烧伤专科
肌肉 in muscles
酸痛感
the feeling that you get in your muscles when you have done a lot of exercise
河流 river
小河；溪流
a small river
to slowly get angry
These are all words that can be used when part of your body feels painful.以上各词均可指身体部位感到疼痛。
(of part of your body) to feel painful; (of an action) to cause pain指（身体部位）感到疼痛、（某一动作）引起疼痛：
My feet hurt.
我脚疼。
Ouch! That hurt!
哎哟！好疼！
to feel a continuous dull pain指疼痛、隐痛：
I'm aching all over.
我周身疼痛。
(of part of your body) to feel very hot and painful指（身体部位）火辣辣地痛、发烫：
Our eyes were burning from the chemicals in the air.
空气中弥漫的化学物质熏得我们的眼睛火辣辣地痛。
to make sb feel a sharp burning pain or uncomfortable feeling in part of their body; (of part of your body) to feel this pain指（使）身体部位感觉刺痛、灼痛：
My eyes were stinging from the smoke.
烟熏得我眼睛痛。
(of part of your body) to feel as if a lot of small sharp points are pushing into the skin there指（身体部位）感到刺痛：
The cold air made her face tingle.
冷空气冻得她的脸发痛。
(of part of your body) to feel pain as a series of regular beats指（身体部位）有规律地抽动、抽痛：
His head throbbed painfully.
他的头一抽一跳地痛。
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VERB 着火；燃烧
If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city...
市中心的火势失去了控制。
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VERB 着火；烧着
If something is burning, it is on fire.When I arrived one of the vehicles was still burning.
当我到达时，其中一辆车还在燃烧。
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When we arrived in our village there was a terrible smell of burning.
我们到达村子时闻到一股难闻的烧焦味。
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VERB 烧掉；烧毁
If you burn something, you destroy or damage it with fire.Protesters set cars on fire and burned a building...
抗议者焚烧汽车，并烧毁了一座建筑。
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The French government has criticized the burning of a US flag outside the American Embassy.
法国政府对在美国大使馆外焚烧美国国旗的行为予以谴责。
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V-ERG 点燃；燃烧
If you burn a fuel or if it burns, it is used to produce heat, light, or energy.The power stations burn coal from the Ruhr region...
发电站烧的煤产自鲁尔地区。
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V-ERG 烧焦；烤煳
If you burn something that you are cooking or if it burns, you spoil it by using too much heat or cooking it for too long.I burnt the toast...
我把面包烤糊了。
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...the smell of burnt toast.
面包烤焦的味道
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VERB 烧伤；灼伤
If you burn part of your body, burn yourself, or are burnt, you are injured by fire or by something very hot.Take care not to burn your fingers...
注意别烧着手指头。
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VERB 烧死
If someone is burnt or burnt to death, they are killed by fire.Women were burned as witches in the middle ages...
妇女在中世纪时被当成女巫烧死。
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VERB 发光；照亮
If a light is burning, it is shining.The building was darkened except for a single light burning in a third-story window.
整座大楼一片漆黑，只有3层的一个窗户透出一丝光亮。
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VERB （因尴尬或心烦而）脸红
If your face is burning, it is red because you are embarrassed or upset.Liz's face was burning.
利兹的脸红得发烫。
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VERB 有强烈的情感；极度渴望
If you are burning with an emotion or are burning to do something, you feel that emotion or the desire to do that thing very strongly.The young boy was burning with a fierce ambition...
这个年轻人怀有极其远大的抱负。
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V-ERG 晒伤；晒黑
If you burn or get burned in the sun, the sun makes your skin become red and sore.Build up your tan slowly and don't allow your skin to burn...
慢慢地将皮肤晒成古铜色，小心别让太阳把皮肤晒伤。
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V-ERG （使）火辣辣地痛；（使）发烫
If a part of your body burns or if something burns it, it has a painful, hot or stinging feeling.My eyes burn from staring at the needle...
我的眼睛由于长时间盯着针看而疼痛。
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VERB 遭受损失；亏损
If you are burned or get burned, you lose something as a result of taking a risk, usually in a business deal.They always took chances and got burned very badly in past years.
他们总是冒险，在过去的几年里损失惨重。
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VERB 刻录（光盘）
To burn a CD-ROM means to write or copy data onto it.You can use this software to burn custom compilations of your favorite tunes.
你可以用这个软件来刻录你最喜欢的乐曲。
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to burn the candle at both ends→ see:candle
noun
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- damage inflicted by fire
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- a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
- Synonym: burn mark
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- an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
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- a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Synonym: tan suntan sunburn
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- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- Synonym: burning
verb
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- get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- Synonym: sunburn
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- burn with heat, fire, or radiation
- The iron burnt a hole in my dress
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- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- The surgeon cauterized the wart
- Synonym: cauterize cauterise
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- undergo combustion
- Maple wood burns well
- Synonym: combust
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- cause to undergo combustion
- burn garbage
- The car burns only Diesel oil
- Synonym: incinerate
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- destroy by fire
- They burned the house and his diaries
- Synonym: fire burn down
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- use up (energy)
- burn off calories through vigorous exercise
- Synonym: burn off burn up
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- create by duplicating data
- cut a disk
- burn a CD
- Synonym: cut
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- feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- She was burning with anger
- He was burning to try out his new skies
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- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- The sun burned his face
- Synonym: bite sting
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- feel hot or painful
- My eyes are burning
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- spend (significant amounts of money)
- He has money to burn
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- burn at the stake
- Witches were burned in Salem
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- cause to burn or combust
- The sun burned off the fog
- We combust coal and other fossil fuels
- Synonym: combust
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- shine intensely, as if with heat
- The coals were glowing in the dark
- The candles were burning
- Synonym: glow
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I put a lighted match to the letter and watched it burn .
我划了根火柴点着了那封信，然后看着它燃烧。
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Muscle cells need lots of fuel and therefore burn lots of calories
肌肉细胞需要很多能量，所以会燃烧大量卡路里。
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Two children were burnt to death in the fire .
两个孩子被大火烧死。
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Our eyes were burning from the chemicals in the air .
空气中弥漫的化学物质熏得我们的眼睛火辣辣地痛。
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The clothing on his back got burnt away in the fire .
他的衣服后背在大火中烧掉了。
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Turn the heat down or it 'll burn .
把炉火开小一些，不然就烧焦了。
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Two children were rescued from the burning car .
两名儿童从燃烧着的车中被救了出来。
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He 's always had a burning ambition to start his own business .
他总是雄心勃勃地想自己创业。
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A small fire was burning to take the chill off the room .
房间里生着小火炉驱寒。
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A light was still burning in the bedroom .
卧室里依然亮着灯。
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The car was burning down the road .
汽车沿着公路疾驰而去。
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The way he treats me really burns me up .
他这样对待我真使我恼火。
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There was a smell of burning in the air .
空气中有一股烧东西的焦煳味。
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If he doesn 't stop working so hard , he 'll burn himself out .
他要是继续这样拼命工作，就会把自己累垮。
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The fire had burnt out before the fire engines arrived .
救火车到达之前火就熄灭了。
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Volunteers formed a human chain to rescue precious items from the burning house .
志愿者排成一条长龙，从着火的房子里手传手把贵重物品抢救出来。
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Lights were burning upstairs , but no one answered the door .
楼上亮着灯，但叫门没人回应。
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The smell of burning rubber filled the air .
空气中弥漫着橡胶燃烧的气味。
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As we get older , our bodies become less efficient at burning up calories .
随着一天天衰老，我们的身体消耗热量的功能逐渐减弱。
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A hot coal fell out of the fire and burnt the carpet .
一块燃烧着的煤块从火炉里掉出来把地毯烧了。
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Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house .
消防队员需要呼吸器以便进入燃烧的大楼。
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The plane circled the airport to burn up excess fuel .
飞机在机场上空盘旋以耗掉多余的燃料。
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He was burning to go climbing again .
他渴望再去爬山。
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Fires were burning all over the city .
全城处处燃烧着大火。
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Think carefully before you resign ─ you don 't want to burn your bridges .
辞职前要三思——你得给自己留条退路。
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He could hear the crackling of burning trees .
他可以听见树木燃烧发出的噼啪声。
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A man was crawling away from the burning wreckage .
一个男人正从燃烧着的残骸往外爬。
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So you did it just to burn me ?
这么说，你那样做只是为了气我？
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The pilot jumped from the burning plane .
飞行员从着火的飞机里跳伞了。
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His greatest fear is of being burnt alive .
他最怕的是被活活烧死。
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