單詞
wildfire
英 ['wa?l(d)fa??]
美['wa?ldfa??]
基本信息
- n. 火災；磷火，鬼火；散布極快的事物
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?wildfires;
英文詞源
- wildfire (n.)
- late Old English wilde fyr "destructive fire" (perhaps caused by lightning); also "erysipelas, spreading skin disease;" see from wild (adj.) + fire (n.). From c. 1300 as "Greek fire," also fire rained down from the sky as divine retribution. Figurative sense from late 14c. By 1795 as "sheet lightning."
雙語例句
- 1. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.
- 這些謠言迅速傳遍了整座城市。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The news spread like wildfire.
- 消息不脛而走.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.
- 霍亂在營地里迅速傳播.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.
- 在加利福尼亞州北部，一場野火產(chǎn)生的煙霧已擴散了200多英里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The child was very amused by the wildfire outside of the windows.
- 這孩子對窗外的磷火極感興趣.
來自辭典例句
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