['faɪə(r)]['faɪər]
  • n. 火;失火;炉火;开火;热情
  • v. 开火;解雇;点燃;急速地连续说
  • 记忆方法

    联想记忆法
    fi(非)常;re热;
    记忆法:火非常热,肯定是火很热。
    象形记忆法
    字母Rr – 象形火苗状、分枝、发芽,喻河流、招手、跑步
    r的外形首先象火苗,如fire(火)表示女性(f)的人(i),热情似火(r)。又如ring(打铃.报警),火(r)来了,所以打铃报警(ring)。
    r又很象植物发芽,分枝的状态,如branch(分支)。河流一般都有分支,所以river指河流。又如brother(兄弟),b上小下大,稳固,也可指男性。r表示分枝,表示兄弟(brother)是一个树上的两个分枝。ther表示亲属关系的后缀。又如spring(春天,跳跃,弹簧)。就是跳跃时的准备状态弯腰(s),前倾(p),r就分开跳起来的状态,ing表示拖长,是跳起来后动作的延伸。同时春天(spring)也是万物发芽(r),人们喜欢蹦蹦跳跳的季节,因此spring又表示“春天”。弹簧(spring)的基本特征就是具有弹性,会跳起来,所以spring又增加“弹簧”之意。由于跑步是跳跃的准备工作,r又喻指跑步,如run(跑)就表示跑(r)过一块空(u)地,到达一个门(n),即目的地。另外r还象一个人伸手或招手的形状,所以有girl(女孩),表示女孩用腿(g)跳舞的人(i)还用手臂(r)作出各种舞姿,显出亭亭玉立状(l)。
    词源词缀法
    来自PIE*paewr,火,词源同pyre,empyrean.该词在印欧语用来指无生命之火,而PIE*egni则用来指有生命之火,词源同ignite.来源于原始印欧语pur,在日耳曼语中为fuir,由此产生了德语feuer(火)、荷兰语vuur(火)和英语fire(火)。
      noun(名词)
      1. [ C or U ] 火;(燃烧着的)燃料,柴火
      2. [ C ] 火堆;炉火
      3. 起火,着火
      4. [ C ] 取暖器
      5. [ U ] 射击;炮火,火力
      6. [ U ] 极度兴奋;极为激动;狂热
      verb(动词)
      1. [ I or T ] 开火,开(枪);放(箭);发射(导弹)
      2. [ T or I ] 连珠炮似地提出(问题);猛烈地发出(抨击)
      3. [ T ] 解雇,开除
      4. [ T ] 使充满激情,激发
      5. [ T ] (在窑内)烧制(陶器等)

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ C or U ] 火;(燃烧着的)燃料,柴火

      Animals are usually afraid of fire.

      动物通常都怕火。

      The fire was started by children playing with matches.

      这场火灾是由小孩们玩火柴引起的。

      40 people helped to put out (= stop) the fire.

      40个人帮忙扑灭了大火。

      The library was badly damaged in the fire.

      图书馆在火灾中严重受损。

      How many historic buildings are damaged by fire each year?

      每年有多少座历史建筑毁于大火?

      She had to be rescued when her house caught (US caught on) fire (= started to burn).

      房子着火时,她被救了出来。

    2. [ C ] 火堆;炉火

      It's very cold in here – should I light a fire?

      这里面真冷,我把炉火点起来好吗?

      We built a fire on the beach.

      我们在海滩上生了堆火。

      We put up our tents and made a small fire.

      我们搭起了帐篷,点起了一小堆火。

    3. 起火,着火

      If your home was on fire and you could save only one thing, what would it be?

      如果你家着了火,而你只能抢救出一样东西,你会拿什么呢?

    4. [ C ] 取暖器

      a gas/electric fire

      煤气取暖器/电暖器

      If you're cold just put the fire on.

      你冷的话就把取暖器打开。

    5. [ U ] 射击;炮火,火力

      The police opened fire on (= started shooting at) the protesters.

      警察向抗议者开了火。

      The command was given to cease fire (= stop shooting).

      下达了停止射击的命令。

      The city came under fire from anti-government forces last night.

      这座城市昨晚遭到了反政府武装炮火的攻击。

    6. [ U ] 极度兴奋;极为激动;狂热

      The fire in her speech inspired everyone.

      她演讲中饱含的激情鼓舞了每一个人。

    verb(动词)
    1. [ I or T ] 开火,开(枪);放(箭);发射(导弹)

      He fired his gun into the air.

      他朝天鸣枪。

      Someone started firing at us.

      有人开始向我们射击。

      Without warning he started firing into the crowd.

      在没有任何警示的情况下他开始朝人群开枪。

      I just prayed that he would stop firing.

      我只有在心里企盼着他会停止射击。

      The ambassador denied that any missiles had been fired across the border.

      大使否认向境外发射了任何导弹。

    2. [ T or I ] 连珠炮似地提出(问题);猛烈地发出(抨击)

      The journalists were firing questions at me for two whole hours.

      整整两个小时,记者们连珠炮似地向我发问。

      “I'd like to ask you some questions about your childhood.” “Fire away!” (= You can start asking them now.)

      “我想问你几个关于你童年的问题。” “你问吧!”

    3. [ T ] 解雇,开除

      She was fired after she was caught stealing from her employer.

      她因偷雇主的东西时当场被抓而遭解雇。

      He was fired from his $165,000 job for poor performance.

      他因为表现不佳丢掉了他薪资16.5万美元的工作。

      She has just been fired as editor of the newspaper.

      她刚刚被炒,丢掉了这家报纸主编的职位。

      The company is reducing its workforce by firing 500 employees.

      该公司将裁员500人以减少雇员人数。

    4. [ T ] 使充满激情,激发

      I had a brilliant English teacher who fired me with enthusiasm for literature at an early age.

      我有过一位出色的英语老师,在我很小的时候就激起了我对文学的热情。

      Talk of treasure and lost cities had fired their imaginations.

      这些关于宝藏和失落的城市的传闻让他们浮想联翩。

    5. [ T ] (在窑内)烧制(陶器等)

    小知识

    If you gather kindling and logs and burn them, then you've made a fire. For safety, you should make your fire in a fire pit or fireplace, but for fun, you can toast marshmallows over the fire.

    As a verb, fire can mean to discharge a weapon. Your hometown might fire a cannon on the common each year to celebrate the Fourth of July. Rather than use a real cannonball, they probably fire it with blanks. The verb fire can also mean to terminate from a position of employment. It's no fun to have to fire someone, especially the guy you fire is your brother.

    实用短语

    1. chariots of fire

      烈火战车,火之战车,火战车,火的战车

    2. man on fire

      怒火救援,火线救援,肝火救济,愤怒复仇

    3. fire engine

      消防车,救火车,灭火引擎,灭火泵

    4. fire extinguisher

    5. fire station

      消防局,消防站,消防队,火警布署站

    6. on fire

      起火着火,烧着,起火

    7. fire hydrant

    8. greek fire

      希腊火,希腊之火

    9. fire door

      防烟门,炉门,

    常用短语

    1. on fire

      adv. 着火;起火;在兴头上;非常激动

    2. on the fire

      在审议中;在考虑中

    3. fire control

      消防;火力控制;射击控制

    4. under fire

      受到严厉批评;遭到攻击

    5. like fire

      飞快地,迅速地,source:21世纪

    6. fire protection

      消防;消防处

    7. fire fighting

      消防

    8. fire prevention

      防火

    9. fire alarm

      火警;火警警报器

    10. fire retardant

      阻燃剂;防火剂;防火材料

    11. fire safety

      消防安全

    12. forest fire

      森林火灾;森林大火;山火

    13. fire on

      v. 向……射击

    14. open fire

      v. 开火;开始

    15. fire resistance

      抗火性,耐火性(能);抗燃烧性

    16. set on fire

      焚烧;使情绪激昂

    17. fire at

      向……开火

    18. set fire

      纵火

    19. fire detection

      火灾探测;火警探测;火警侦察器

    20. fire extinguisher

      灭火器

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    以下这些动词都有”解雇,开除”的意思
    discharge:语气较重,指有理由的解雇,含几乎不再复用的意味。
    dismiss:正式用词,是这组词中语气最轻的一个词,一般只有从上文才能看解雇的原因或理由。
    fire:口语用词,多指被断然地突然解雇,其行动犹如开枪一样干净利落。
    重要短语
    on fire adv.着火;起火;在兴头上;非常激动
    on the fire在审议中;在考虑中
    fire control消防;火力控制;射击控制
    under fire受到严厉批评;遭到攻击

    同义词辨析

    discharge, dismiss, fire

    这些动词都有”解雇,开除”之意。

    • discharge: 语气较重,指有理由的解雇,含几乎不再复用的意味。
    • dismiss: 正式用词,是这组词中语气最轻的一个词,一般只有从上文才能看解雇的原因或理由。
    • fire: 口语用词,多指被断然地突然解雇,其行动犹如开枪一样干净利落。
    kindle, fire, ignite, light

    这些动词均含”点燃,着火”之意。

    • kindle: 指艰难或缓慢地把可燃料点燃,可用于比喻。
    • fire: 普通用词,指将某物点燃使其燃烧起来,火势可大可小。
    • ignite: 多用于科技文体,指使某物受热直到燃烧或发光,也可指用火花使易燃物迅速燃烧起来。
    • light: 普通用词,指点燃易燃物,使其能发光,满足各种需要。

    同义词

    vt.射击;排出

    discharge  /  blast  /  shoot

    vt.激起;使激动

    arouse  /  stir  /  agitate  /  inflame  /  provoke  /  excite

    vt.点燃;加热;燃烧

    heat  /  kindle  /  ignite

    vt.解雇;开除

    lay  /  off  /  discharge  /  expel  /  release  /  dismiss

    其他释义

    agitate  /  dismiss  /  trigger  /  provoke  /  awaken  /  roast  /  fury  /  feeling  /  excite  /  kindle  /  conflagration  /  vigor  /  arouse  /  lay  /  expel  /  off  /  ignite  /  tragedy  /  release  /  burning  /  stir  /  shoot  /  heat  /  blast  /  inflame  /  discharge  /  gun

    同根词

    词根:fire

    n.

    firing开火;烧制;解雇;生火

    v.

    firing开火;烧制;解雇(fire的ing形式);点燃;激励