Word · Frequency #1754
burn
燃烧;烧毁
To be on fire or to set something on fire.
- 1.
To cause to be consumed by fire.
使被火吞噬。
- 2.
To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
被火或火焰吞噬。
- 3.
To overheat so as to make unusable.
过热以致无法使用。
- 4.
To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
变得过热到无法使用。
- 5.
To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
通过使用火或灼热来制造或生产。
- 6.
To give off light; to be lit up.
发光;被点亮
- 7.
To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
用热或化学物质伤害(人或动物)
- 8.
To cauterize.
烧灼
- 9.
To sunburn.
晒伤
- 10.
To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
像火或热一样消耗、损坏或改变状态
- 11.
To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
感到热,例如因尴尬
- 12.
To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
使与氧或其他活性剂结合并释放热量;消耗;氧化
- 13.
To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
将数据写入永久存储介质,如光盘或ROM芯片
- 14.
To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image (hardsubs).
在转码时将字幕嵌入视频内容,使字幕成为图像的一部分
- 15.
To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
浪费(时间);浪费金钱或其他资源
- 16.
In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
在某些游戏中,接近隐藏的目标物
- 17.
To accidentally touch a moving stone.
意外触碰到移动的石头
- 18.
In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
在二十一点游戏中,用一对牌换另一对,或发一张废牌
- 19.
To make an area of an image darker (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by increasing the exposure of that area to light).
使图像的某一区域变暗(在暗房处理照片时,通过增加该区域的曝光来实现)
- 20.
To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star.
在核聚变反应中转变为另一种元素,尤其是在恒星中
- 21.
To compromise (an agent's cover story).
破坏(特工的掩护故事)
- 22.
To blackmail.
敲诈
烧坏;烧伤;烫伤;灼伤;晒伤;烧制;烧出;发光;亮着
In use
The fire burned brightly in the fireplace.
I burned my finger when I touched the hot pan.
She burnt the old letters in the garden.
Verb forms
base burn · third person burns · -ing burning · past burned · past participle burnt
过去式可用burned或burnt,过去分词常用burnt。
Connections
Collocations
- burn down
- 烧毁;烧为平地
- The old warehouse burned down in the fire.那座旧仓库在火灾中烧毁了。
- burn out
- 烧坏;烧毁
- The motor burned out after hours of use.电机运转数小时后烧坏了。
- burn up
- 烧掉;消耗
- The rocket burns up most of its fuel during launch.火箭在发射过程中烧掉大部分燃料。
- burn calories
- 消耗卡路里
- Running burns a lot of calories.跑步会消耗大量卡路里。
- burn the midnight oil
- 熬夜工作;开夜车
- She burned the midnight oil to finish the report.她熬夜工作以完成报告。
- burn off
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象字母 b 是火苗,ur 向上蹿,n 是烟囱——burn 就是‘燃烧、烧灼’。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:火灾或意外起火、做饭、加热、户外日晒、机器或电器过热 该词是通用动词,正式与非正式场合都比较常见,语气通常中性。多用于描述火、高温或化学物质造成的破坏或伤害,也常指晒伤、机器过热等。日常交流和一般写作中都常用;若需更精确区分,可换用 scald、sunburn、overheat 等词语。
Grammar Note
动词过去式有规则变化burned和不规则变化burnt
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词在通用美式英语中与 burn 押韵:urn、turn、churn、learn、yearn(都以 /-ɝn/ 结尾)。注意 bun /bʌn/ 看起来相近,但元音不同且没有 /r/,所以不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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