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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

burning ['bəːnɪŋ]
  1. 1. adjective [+house] [ car] 着火的
  2. 2. adjective [+sand] [ desert] (also: burning hot) 灼热
  3. 3. adjective [+ambition] [ desire] 强烈
  4. 4. adjective [+issue] [ question] 激烈

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

burning ['bɝnɪŋ] ['bəːnɪŋ]
  1. 1. adjective 燃烧的;高热
    In the desert, there's nothing to shade you from the burning hot sun.
    沙漠没有可以为你遮荫,让你躲避太阳暴晒东西
  2. 2. adjective 燃眉的,火急的,紧要的;热烈争论
    a burning issue
    紧要问题热烈争论问题

Collins English-English Dictionary

burning ['b3ːnɪŋ]
  1. 1. adj intense; passionate
  2. 2. adj urgent; crucial
    a burning problem
  3. 3. n a form of heat treatment used to harden and finish ceramic materials or to prepare certain ores for further treatment by calcination
  4. 4. n overheating of an alloy during heat treatment in which local fusion or excessive oxide formation and penetration occur, weakening the alloy
  5. 5. n the heat treatment of particular kinds of gemstones to change their colour

Examples

I was drying my hair. All at once I smelt something burning.
我正吹头发呢,突然闻到一股糊味儿。
In the desert, there's nothing to shade you from the burning hot sun.
沙漠中没有可以为你遮荫,让你躲避太阳暴晒的东西。
All this money is burning a hole in my pocket!
我很快就花光了这笔钱!
I am so in love with my wife and can feel it burning through my heart!
我太爱我妻子了,我感觉这种爱刻骨铭心!
We have carted all the remaining boxes to the warehouse for burning.
我们已经费很大劲把剩下的盒子运到库房,打算烧掉了。

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