【burn音标】 英[bɜ:n] 美[bɜ:rn]
【单词释义】 burn是什么意思：
v.（使）燃烧；使用某物为燃料；烧毁；烧坏；烧伤；发烫；发光，发亮
n.烧伤，烧痕
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] burns [第三人称单数] burns
[单词现在分词] burning
[单词过去式] burnt,burned
[单词过去分词] burnt,burned
【关联词/派生词】
burner n.炉子，燃烧器
burnish vt.擦亮（金属等）；被擦亮；打磨光亮 n.光泽，光亮，抛光
burning adj.燃烧的；强烈的，热切的 adv. 灼热地；炙热地 v.燃烧；烧毁；烧坏；烧伤(burn的现在分词)
【burn形近词/近似词】
churn n. 搅乳桶；(制作黄油的)搅乳器 v. 搅拌；制造（奶油等）；恶心，反胃；(使)剧烈翻腾；（使）感到不安，心烦意乱
overturn n.推翻，垮台；灭亡，毁灭 v.（使）翻倒；颠覆；推翻；撤销
turn v.旋转；转动；翻转；扭转 n.转动，旋转
return v. 返回；复发；退还 n.返回；恢复；归还
adjourn v. （使）休会，（使）休庭；延期；推迟
spurn v.蔑视；唾弃；轻视地拒绝 n.拒绝；藐视；唾弃
mourn v.哀痛；哀悼
【常用短语】
burn down 烧毁
burn out 烧坏；烧尽
【单词例句】
◇ Her little hands were almost frozen with the cold. Ah! perhaps a burning match might be some good, if she could draw it from the bundle and strike it against the wall, just to warm her fingers.
她那双小手都快冻僵了。啊！如果她能从这捆火柴中取出一根，在墙上划着了就会好一些，也就可以暖手。
◇ A great fire was lit in the courtyard, where she was to be burned to death. The king stood upstairs at his window, looking on with crying eyes, for he still loved her dearly.
王宫的院子里点燃了一大堆火，王后将被这堆火烧死。国王站在楼上的窗口前，眼泪汪汪地看着，因为他仍然深深地爱着王后。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ The king, wanting to rescue his dear child, issued an order that all spindles in the entire kingdom should be burned.
国王为了不使他的女儿遭到那种不幸，命令将王国里的所有纺锤都收上来，又把它们全部销毁。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ How lucky we were even though my precious equipment and documents were all burnt to the ground!
尽管我珍贵的设备和文件都烧得精光，但是我们真的非常幸运。
---- A Volcano Eruption
◇ First, he was choked by some poisonous liquid from the kettle on the cupboard. Then his wrist skin was burnt by electric shock. Finally, his ankle was cut by a pan.
开始是被橱柜上水壶里的有毒液体噎住，然后是手腕的皮肤被电击烧伤，最后，一只平底锅还割伤了他的脚踝。
---- First Aid
◇ When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in. Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood were defeated by a severe disease whose characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn.
当那座烟花工厂的建设到了油漆阶段时，一个水泵被安装进来，接着，在它附近的油漆工都得了一种严重的疾病（疾病击败油漆工），其特征与烧伤相似。
---- A Strange Disease
◇ And Karen believed all this happened on account of the red shoes, but the old lady thought they were horrible, and they were burnt.
珈伦以为这是因为她那双红鞋的缘故。不过老太太说红鞋很讨厌，所以把这双鞋烧掉了。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ The rogues sat up the whole of the night before the day on which the procession was to take place, and had sixteen lights burning, so that everyone might see how anxious they were to finish the Emperor's new suit.
第二天早晨游行大典就要举行了。在头天晚上，这两个骗子整夜不睡，点起１６支蜡烛。你可以看到他们是在赶夜工，要完成皇帝的新衣。
◇ Microwaves heat food by causing water molecules to vibrate, which produces heat. In theory, microwaves can heat body tissues in the same way they heat food, and at high levels, microwaves can cause burns and cataracts, according to the FDA.
微波通过引起水分子振动从而产生热量来加热食物。据FDA称，理论上，微波会以与加热食物相同的方式使人体组织受热，而且在严重的情况下，可能导致烫伤和白内障。
---- Is It Safe to Stand in Front of Microwave Ovens?
◇ Typical injuries include slips, sprains and strains, but treadmills can also cause serious burns, concussions, broken bones and even death, although the latter is rare.
跑步机导致的受伤通常包括滑倒、扭伤、拉伤，但跑步机也会导致严重烧伤、脑震荡、骨折甚至死亡，尽管后者比较罕见。