【fire音标】 英[ˈfaɪə(r)] 美[faɪr]
【单词释义】 fire是什么意思：
n.火，燃烧物；火灾；射击，发射；热情
vt.&vi.开火，射击；燃烧；引爆炸药；充满热情
vt.解雇；射（箭）；激励；射出（子弹）
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] fires [第三人称单数] fires
[单词现在分词] firing
[单词过去式] fired
[单词过去分词] fired
【fire形近词/近似词】
tire v.疲劳；疲倦 n.[Am.]轮胎( Br. = tyre)
wire n.电线；金属丝,金属线
hire v.聘用；雇用；租用
mire n.泥潭；[地理]泥沼 v. (使)陷于泥泞；(使)陷入困境
dire adj.极其严重的，可怕的；极糟的；危急的
【常用短语】
fire away 说吧;讲吧;问吧
fire off 发射，射出;迅速发出（信件），快速提出（问题），很快讲出(话语)
fire up 点燃;激发;点火
on fire adv. 着火；起火；在兴头上；非常激动
put out a fire 灭火;扑灭火灾
set fire 纵火
【单词例句】
◇ How the fire burned! and seemed so beautifully warm that the child stretched out her feet as if to warm them, when, lo! the flame of the match went out, the stove vanished, and she had only the remains of the half-burnt match in her hand.
火烧得多么旺啊！小姑娘刚刚伸出她的一双脚，打算在这么好的火前暖一下的时候，哎呀！火焰忽然熄灭了！火炉也不见了。她只剩下手里捏着那烧过的火柴。
◇ I will get up every night and pray for you, in the winter that you may warm yourselves near a fire, and in the summer that you may not suffer from the heat.
我每天晚上都会起来为你们祈祷，祈祷你们在冬天能有炉火暖暖身子，祈祷你们在夏天不要中暑。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ The horses fell asleep in their stalls, the dogs in the courtyard, the pigeons on the roof, the flies on the walls, and even the fire on the hearth flickered, stopped moving, and fell asleep.
马厩里的马，院子里的狗，屋顶上的鸽子，墙上的苍蝇，也都跟着睡着了；甚至连火炉里的火也停止燃烧入睡了；
---- Little Brier-Rose