火眼金睛：一起來辨析一下fire的含義

-?When?I'm?king,?that'll?be?the?first?thing?to?go -?Not?so?long?as?I'm?around.?-?Well,?in?that?case,?you're?fired.

-?Nice?try,?but?only?the?king?can?do?that.

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一、你知道fire有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.火

They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky.

他們看見一道強(qiáng)光和一個(gè)巨大的火球沖向數(shù)百英尺的高空。

2.爐火

The light of the cheerful fire shone on the rug and carpet of a cosy parlor.

在一間暖和的客廳里，熊熊的爐火映射在地毯上。

3.火災(zāi)

?people died in a fire at the Happy Land Social Club.

人在樂土社交俱樂部的火災(zāi)中喪生。

4.熱情；激情

I went to hear him speak and was very impressed. He seemed so full of fire.

我去聽了他的講話，結(jié)果留下了非常深刻的印象。他看上去充滿了激情。

5.磨難

She thinks that one will suffer fire and brimstone after death if he has done wrong.

她認(rèn)為一個(gè)人要是做壞事，死后就得遭受地獄里的磨難。

v.

1.點(diǎn)燃；使發(fā)光 [T]

The engine fired and we moved off.

點(diǎn)著引擎后我們就開走了。

2.燒制 [T]

After the pot is dipped in this mixture, it is fired.

陶罐在這一混合料中浸過之后就拿去燒制。

3.激動(dòng)；激勵(lì)；充滿激情 [I,T]

The president knows his task is to fire up the delegates.

總統(tǒng)知道自己的任務(wù)就是喚起代表的熱情。

4.解雇；開除 [T]

Henry had made his decision to fire me on impulse.

亨利作出解雇我的決定是憑一時(shí)沖動(dòng)行事。

5.著火 [I]

One day in2006, one villager's houses fired, they donated money to them for re-building houses.

在2006年的一天，一戶村民的房子著火了，他們捐款給他，幫助他重建房屋。

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二、詞義辨析：擦亮你的眼睛認(rèn)真辨別一下。

kindle, fire, ignite, light

這些動(dòng)詞均含“點(diǎn)燃、著火”之意。

kindle指艱難或緩慢地把可燃料點(diǎn)燃，可用于比喻。

fire普通用詞，指將某物點(diǎn)燃使其燃燒起來，火勢可大可小。

ignite多用于科技文體，指使某物受熱直到燃燒或發(fā)光，也可指用火花使易燃物迅速燃燒起來。

light普通用詞，指點(diǎn)燃易燃物，使其能發(fā)光，滿足各種需要。

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三、含有fire的常見短語

ball of fire

精力充沛的人,很能干的人

beacon fire

烽火,信號篝火

catch fire

著火

fire alarm

n.火警,報(bào)火機(jī),警鐘

四，學(xué)會(huì)fire的用法了嗎？一起做個(gè)填詞題吧！