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- burn [bɝn] [bəːn]
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1.
vt.
烧，燃烧
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2.
vt.
烧毁，烧掉
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3.
vt.
烧死
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4.
vt.
烧坏，烧焦，烤焦；烧糊；烫伤
- 5. vt. （燃料）消耗；浪费；挥霍
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6.
vt.
使（体内脂肪通过新陈代谢）转化成能量
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7.
vt.
（太阳或太阳灯）晒；晒黑
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8.
vt.
烙，在…上打烙印
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9.
vt.
[medicine]
烧灼，烧伤，烫伤；烫痛
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10.
vt.
烧制（砖、陶器等）
- 11. vt. （火、热等）烧成，烧穿
- 12. vt. 使（喉咙等）辣得难受
- 13. vt. 点，点燃（烛、灯、加热器等）
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14.
vt.
[slang]
使遭受误信之苦[常用于否定句]
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15.
vt.
发射（火箭发动机或减速火箭），点燃（火箭引擎或制动火箭）
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16.
vt.
[American English]
[slang]
贩卖假（或劣）的
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17.
vt.
使恼怒
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18.
vt.
[atomic physics]
使（核）裂变或聚变
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19.
vt.
使燃烧；使（快速）氧化
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20.
vi.
点燃，着火，冒火焰
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21.
vi.
燃烧
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22.
vi.
发光，发热，发亮
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23.
vi.
烧毁
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24.
vi.
烧焦，烤焦；烫伤；烫痛
- Play with fire and you'll get burned.
- 玩火者必自焚。
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25.
vi.
烧死
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26.
vi.
感觉火辣辣
- 27. vi. （因渴望、生气等而）激动，发怒，激怒
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28.
vi.
起动，发射
- 29. noun 烧伤，灼伤；毁伤处
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30.
noun
制砖的烧制的过程和结果
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31.
noun
[American English]
宇宙飞行火箭发动机在飞行中的起动；发射
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32.
noun
[复数形态时]连鬓胡子，络腮胡子
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33.
noun
[slang]
香烟
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34.
vt.
[slang]
吸烟
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35.
vt.
[slang]
吸食大麻（毒品相关用语）
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36.
vt.
[slang]
用电椅处决某人（黑社会用语）
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37.
vi.
[slang]
被电椅处决（黑社会用语）
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38.
vt.
[slang]
欺骗或抢劫某人
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39.
vt.
[slang]
用枪射击某人（黑社会用语）
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40.
noun
[slang]
诡计；被欺骗的经历
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41.
noun
[slang]
向血管中注射毒品之后感觉到的快感和兴奋（毒品相关用语）
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42.
vt.
[slang]
烹调食物
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1.
vt.
烧，燃烧
Collins English-English Dictionary
- burn [b3ːn]
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1.
vb
to undergo or cause to undergo combustion
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2.
vb
to destroy or be destroyed by fire
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to damage, injure, or mark by heat
- he burnt his hand
- she was burnt by the sun
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4.
vt.
to die or put to death by fire
- to burn at the stake
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5.
vi.
[intr]
to be or feel hot
- my forehead burns
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6.
vi.
to smart or cause to smart
- brandy burns one's throat
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7.
vi.
[intr]
to feel strong emotion, esp anger or passion
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to use for the purposes of light, heat, or power
- to burn coal
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to form by or as if by fire
- to burn a hole
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10.
vt.
to char or become charred
- the potatoes are burning in the saucepan
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11.
vt.
[tr]
to brand or cauterize
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12.
vt.
[tr]
to cut (metal) with an oxygen-rich flame
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13.
vt.
to produce by or subject to heat as part of a process
- to burn charcoal
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14.
vt.
[tr]
to copy information onto (a CD-ROM)
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15.
vt.
[astronomy]
to convert (a lighter element) to a heavier one by nuclear fusion in a star
- to burn hydrogen
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16.
vt.
[cards]
[chiefly Brit]
to discard or exchange (one or more useless cards)
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17.
vt.
[tr; usually passive]
[informal]
to cheat, esp financially
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18.
vt.
[slang]
[chiefly US]
to electrocute or be electrocuted
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19.
vt.
[tr]
[Austral]
[slang]
to drive fast (esp in the phrase go for a burn)
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20.
vt.
See candle
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21.
n
an injury caused by exposure to heat, electrical, chemical, or radioactive agents. Burns are classified according to the depth of tissue affected: first-degree burn: skin surface painful and red; second-degree burn: blisters appear on the skin; third-degree burn: destruction of both epidermis and dermis
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22.
n
a mark, e.g. on wood, caused by burning
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23.
n
a controlled use of rocket propellant, esp for a course correction
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24.
n
a hot painful sensation in a muscle, experienced during vigorous exercise
- go for the burn!
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25.
n
[Austral and NZ]
a controlled fire to clear an area of scrub
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26.
n
[slang]
tobacco or a cigarette
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27.
n
See also burn in burn off burn out
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28.
n
[Etymology]
Old English beornan (intr), bærnan (tr); related to Old Norse brenna (tr or intr), Gothic brinnan (intr), Latin ferv
e re to boil, seethe
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1.
vb
to undergo or cause to undergo combustion
- burn [b3ːn] [b^rn]
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1.
n
[Scot and Northern English]
a small stream; brook
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2.
n
[Etymology]
Old English burna; related to Old Norse brunnr spring, Old High German brunno, Lithuanian briáutis to burst forth
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1.
n
[Scot and Northern English]
a small stream; brook
Examples
- to burn much gasoline
- 消耗很多汽油 → burn
- to burn a hole in a coat
- 外套上烧了一个洞 → burn
- burn out
- 烧尽 → out
- to burn a paper by setting a match to it
- 用火柴把纸点上 → set
- a superficial burn
- 表面烧伤 → superficial
- Let me see that burn.
- 让我看看那片烧伤。 → see
- I would burn my own house down before letting my ex-husband keep it.
- 我宁愿把房子烧掉也不想让我前夫得到。
- Lava flows can burn, crush, or bury anything in their path.
- 熔岩流可以烧毁，粉碎并埋葬沿途的所有东西。
- She was always scared to appear in public because of the large burn on her face.
- 因为脸上的大面积烧伤，她非常害怕在公开场合露面。 → burn
- Walking past the factory at night is beautiful although you can sometimes smell the burn of the refinery.
- 虽然有时会闻到提炼厂的焦糊味，但是晚上穿过工厂的感觉真的很不错。
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