英汉词典

burn 基本解释

• vt. 燃烧；烧毁，灼伤；激起…的愤怒
• vi. 燃烧；烧毁；发热
• n. 灼伤，烧伤；烙印
• n. (Burn)人名；(英)伯恩

burn 词态变化

burn 中文词源

来自PIE *bher, 燃烧，发光，加热。词源同brew.

burn 英文词源

burn

burn: [OE] English has two separate words burn. The commoner, relating to ‘fire’, is actually a conflation of two Old English verbs: birnan, which was intransitive, and bærnan, which was transitive. Both come ultimately from the Germanic base *bren-, *bran-, which also produced brand and possibly broil, and was the source of German brennen and Swedish brinna ‘burn’ (another variant of the base, *brun-, lies behind the brim- of brimstone).

It has been conjectured that Latin fervēre ‘boil’ (source of English fervent and ferment) may be connected. Burn ‘stream’ comes from Old English burn(e), burna, which was a descendant of a Germanic base *brun-, source also of German brunne ‘stream’. This too has been linked with Latin fervēre (from the notion of fast-running water ‘boiling’ over rocks).
=> brand, brimstone, broil, ferment, fervent

burn (v.)

12c., combination of Old Norse brenna "to burn, light," and two originally distinct Old English verbs: bærnan "to kindle" (transitive) and beornan "to be on fire" (intransitive), all from Proto-Germanic *brennan/*brannjan (cognates: Middle Dutch bernen, Dutch branden, Old High German brinnan, German brennen, Gothic -brannjan "to set on fire"). This perhaps is from PIE *gwher- "to heat, warm" (see warm (adj.)), or from PIE *bhre-n-u, from root *bhreue- "to boil forth, well up" (see brew (v.)). Related: Burned/burnt (see -ed); burning.

Figuratively (of passions, battle, etc.) in Old English. Meaning "cheat, swindle, victimize" is first attested 1650s. In late 18c, slang, burned meant "infected with venereal disease." To burn one's bridges (behind one) "behave so as to destroy any chance of returning to a status quo" (attested by 1892 in Mark Twain), perhaps ultimately is from reckless cavalry raids in the American Civil War. Slavic languages have historically used different and unrelated words for the transitive and intransitive senses of "set fire to"/"be on fire:" for example Polish palić/gorzeć, Russian žeč'/gorel.

burn (n.)

c. 1300, "act of burning," from Old English bryne, from the same source as burn (v.). Until mid-16c. the usual spelling was brenne. Meaning "mark made by burning" is from 1520s. Slow burn first attested 1938, in reference to U.S. movie actor Edgar Kennedy (1890-1948), who made it his specialty.

burn 词组搭配

burn 英文释义

1. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

2. a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

3. an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

4. a burned place or area

5. damage inflicted by burning

burn 双语例句

1. The power stations burn coal from the Ruhr region.

发电站烧的煤产自鲁尔地区。

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2. He was a high-earning broker with money to burn.

他是高收入的经纪人，有花不完的钱。

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3. Watch them carefully as they finish cooking because they can burn easily.

就要做好时得小心看着，因为它们很容易烧糊。

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4. Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.

传统的刀耕火种农业方式耗尽了土地的肥力。

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5. He might burn himself out and go to an early grave.

他可能会因为劳累过度而英年早逝。

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burn 实用场景例句

A welcoming fire was burning in the fireplace.

壁炉里燃烧着暖融融的炉火。

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Fires were burning all over the city.

全城处处燃烧着大火。

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By nightfall the whole city was burning.

到黄昏时，全城已是一片火海。

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Two children were rescued from the burning car.

两名儿童从燃烧着的车中被救了出来。

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The smell of burning rubber filled the air.

空气中弥漫着橡胶燃烧的气味。

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to burn waste paper/dead leaves

焚烧废纸 / 枯树叶

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You can use this software to burn custom compilations of your favorite tunes.

你可以用这个软件来刻录你最喜欢的乐曲。

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They always took chances and got burned very badly in past years.

他们总是冒险，在过去的几年里损失惨重。

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His face was burning with cold.

他的脸被冻得发痛。

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My eyes burn from staring at the needle...

我的眼睛由于长时间盯着针看而疼痛。

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Summer sun can burn fair skin in minutes.

夏天的太阳几分钟就能把白皙的皮肤晒黑。

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Build up your tan slowly and don't allow your skin to burn...

慢慢地将皮肤晒成古铜色，小心别让太阳把皮肤晒伤。

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Dan burned to know what the reason could be.

丹急于想知道原因。

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The young boy was burning with a fierce ambition...

这个年轻人怀有极其远大的抱负。

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Liz's face was burning.

利兹的脸红得发烫。

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At least 80 people were burnt to death when their bus caught fire.

大客车着火导致至少80人被烧死。

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The building was darkened except for a single light burning in a third-story window.

整座大楼一片漆黑，只有3层的一个窗户透出一丝光亮。

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The building housed 1,500 refugees and it burned for hours...

这幢住有1,500名难民的大楼燃烧了好几个小时。

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Protesters set cars on fire and burned a building...

抗议者焚烧汽车，并烧毁了一座建筑。

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Incineration plants should be built to burn household waste...

应该建立焚烧厂以焚毁日常生活垃圾。

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The power stations burn coal from the Ruhr region...

发电站烧的煤产自鲁尔地区。

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Manufacturers are working with new fuels to find one that burns more cleanly than petrol.

制造商们正在研制新型燃料，以找到一种比汽油更清洁的燃料。

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I burnt the toast...

我把面包烤糊了。

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Watch them carefully as they finish cooking because they can burn easily.

就要做好时得小心看着，因为它们很容易烧糊。

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Take care not to burn your fingers...

注意别烧着手指头。

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If you are badly burnt, seek medical attention.

如果是严重烧伤，就得去看医生。

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Women were burned as witches in the middle ages...

妇女在中世纪时被当成女巫烧死。

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Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city...

市中心的火势失去了控制。

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There was a fire burning in the large fireplace...

大壁炉里火势正旺。

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When I arrived one of the vehicles was still burning.

当我到达时，其中一辆车还在燃烧。

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