Burning
字面义指着火或发烫(burning wood);比喻义 a burning question 指“亟待回答的问题”,burning ambition 指强烈野心。动词进行时:The house is burning.
- “Firefighters arrived within minutes of the burning building being reported.” (接到着火大楼的报告后,消防员几分钟内赶到。)
- “She felt a burning desire to prove herself in the new role.” (她强烈渴望在新岗位上证明自己。)
- “That’s a burning issue we need to solve before launch.” (那是发布前必须解决的紧迫问题。)
源自古英语 bærnan、beornan(燃烧),日耳曼语族共有相关形式;不规则过去式 burned/burnt。
动词 burn 加 -ing 构成现在分词或形容词,无额外前缀。
抗议中 burning effigy 烧像象征愤怒;音乐与诗歌用 burning love 渲染激情。环保新闻关注 burning fossil fuels。
- 固定搭配: “burning question” (燃眉之急的问题), “burning sensation” (灼痛感), “burning the midnight oil” (熬夜用功)
- 动词原形: burn;过去式: burned/burnt
火焰在燃烧时是 burning;心里“火辣辣想做成”也是 burning。
“Smoke rose from the burning leaves as neighbors gathered with buckets of water.” (燃烧的落叶冒出烟,邻居们提着水桶聚了过来。)