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burn
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- Conjugation :
past
burned
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past
burnt
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burning
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- burn
[bəːn]
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1.
vt.
[BRIT]
[+papers etc]
焚烧
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2.
vt.
[+fuel]
燃烧
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3.
vt.
[+toast]
[ rice]
烧焦
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4.
vi.
[fire]
[ flame+]
燃烧
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5.
vi.
[house]
[ car+]
烧着
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6.
vi.
[food+]
烧煳了
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7.
vi.
[person]
[ skin+]
(in sun) 晒伤
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8.
vi.
[eyes]
[ throat+]
(sting) 灼痛
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9.
noun
[c]
烧伤
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I've burnt myself!
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我把自己烫伤了！
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the cigarette burnt a hole in her dress
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香烟在她的连衣裙上烫了个洞
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to be burning with impatience/ambition
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充满极度的不耐/野心
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- burn
[bɜːrn]
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1.
vt.
烧毁，焚毁
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I think she would like to burn our houses down.
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我认为她很想把我们的房子付之一炬。
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They burned the house and his diaries.
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他们烧毁了房子，也烧毁了他的日记。
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2.
vi.
发光，发亮，发热
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His face was flushed, burning bright red along his cheekbones.
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他充满了喜悦，红光满面。
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The candles were burning.
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蜡烛在燃烧。
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3.
vi.
燃烧，耗费
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There was a strong smell of burning in the air.
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空气中弥漫着烧糊东西的味道。
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Maple wood burns well.
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枫木易于燃烧。
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4.
vt.
使刺痛，使产生刺痛感
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Burned by those bad experiences, she's been noticeably camera shy.
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由于受到那些不良体验的刺激，她在镜头面前特别腼腆。
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The sun burned his face.
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太阳火辣辣地照在他脸上。
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5.
vt.
使烧，使着火
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The spark burned off all the extra gas in the air.
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火花引燃了空气中所有的其他气体。
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The sun burned off the fog.
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太阳把雾驱散了。
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6.
verb
（使）情绪激动
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My heart often burned with indignation I knew not how to express.
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我经常感到义愤填膺，我真不知道如何表达。
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She was burning with anger.
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她怒不可遏。
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He was burning to try out his new skies.
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他为实验他的新天空感到兴奋不已。
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7.
vt.
使燃烧，使耗费
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We don't make our own cars or burn our own coal.
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我们既没有制造我们自己的汽车，也没有燃烧我们自己的煤炭。
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The car burns only diesel oil.
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这种车辆只使用柴油。
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8.
vt.
烧死，对……施行火刑
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Europeans don't burn witches any more.
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欧洲人已经不再烧巫婆了。
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Witches were burned in Salem.
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在塞伦，巫婆被烧死。
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9.
vi.
挥霍，浪费
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We burned through all or our money in 18 months.
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我们在18月内就把所有的钱“烧”完了。
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He has money to burn.
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他有钱可以烧。
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10.
vi.
[Medicine]
发热，灼痛
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My breath is short and my legs are burning.
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我气喘吁吁，腰酸背痛。
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My eyes are burning.
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我的眼睛火辣辣地痛。
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11.
vt.
[Medicine]
烧灼
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They use liquid nitrogen to burn warts off of fingers.
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他们使用液氮把手指上的瘊子冷冻掉。
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12.
verb
晒伤，晒黑
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A few days after burning your skin may peel.
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灼烧之后几天，你可能会蜕皮。
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13.
vt.
刻录
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The process of burning a CD is simpler now than in the past.
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现在刻录光盘的过程比过去简单多了。
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14.
vi.
耗尽，消耗掉
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By midlife our bodies become less efficient at burning up calories.
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人到中年，身体消耗热量的效率就会下降。
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15.
vt.
烧穿，烫出
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His cigarette burned a whole in the page of the book.
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他抽烟把这本书整个烧烂了。
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The iron burnt a hole in my dress.
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熨斗把我的衣服烧了一个洞。
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16.
verb
[Slang]
被电刑处死
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17.
verb
[American English]
[Slang]
欺骗，使上当
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18.
noun
[Person Name]
伯恩
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19.
n.[u]
灼痛，灼痛感
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The burn of the cold is not a fun experience.
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感冒时发烧的滋味可不好受。
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20.
n.[u]
晒黑
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Many of the tourists came home with really bad burns.
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许多旅游者回家时皮肤都被结结实实地晒黑了。
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21.
n.[c]
烧伤，烫伤，灼伤
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Two of the burn victims were in a critical condition last night.
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两名烧伤患者昨天晚上处于非常危险的境况。
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22.
n.[c]
烧伤处，烫伤处，灼伤处
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I found the burn on my thigh.
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我在大腿上找到了烧伤的地方。
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23.
n.[c]
烧毁，烧焦
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The cord carpet on the floor was covered in cigarette burns.
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地板上细绳编织的地毯到处可见烟头烧过的痕迹。
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24.
n.[c]
[American English]
点火，发射
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25.
n.[c]
[British English]
小河，小溪
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
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he burnt his hand
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she was burnt by the sun
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4.
vt.
to die or put to death by fire
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to burn at the stake
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5.
vi.
[intr]
to be or feel hot
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my forehead burns
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6.
vi.
to smart or cause to smart
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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
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to burn coal
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to form by or as if by fire
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to burn a hole
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10.
vt.
to char or become charred
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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
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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
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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]
[Spoken]
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
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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 fervere to boil, seethe
- 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
Examples
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to burn a hole in a coat
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外套上烧了一个洞
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to burn a paper by setting a match to it
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用火柴把纸点上
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Let me see that burn.
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让我看看那片烧伤。
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Lava flows can burn, crush, or bury anything in their path.
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熔岩流可以烧毁，粉碎并埋葬沿途的所有东西。
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Walking past the factory at night is beautiful although you can sometimes smell the burn of the refinery.
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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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