资料来源 : pyDict
烧,烧毁,烧伤燃烧,发热,烧毁烧伤,烙印
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Burn \Burn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burned} (?) or {Burnt} (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Burning}.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early
confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan,
v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna,
berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D.
branden, Dan. br[ae]nde, Sw. br["a]nna, brinna, Icel. brenna,
Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in comp.), and possibly to E.
fervent.]
1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of
heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn
up wood. ``We'll burn his body in the holy place.''
--Shak.
2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some
property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or
heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char;
to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face
in the sun; the sun burns the grass.
3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the
action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to
destroy or change some property or properties of, by
exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a
desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn
clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to
produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the
application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn
charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by
action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does;
as, to burn the mouth with pepper.
This tyrant fever burns me up. --Shak.
This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden.
When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth
the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and
consumeth the grass as fire. --Ecclus.
xliii. 20, 21.
6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
7. (Chem.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active
agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as,
a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each
respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.
{To burn}, {To burn together}, as two surfaces of metal
(Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a
quantity of the same metal in a liquid state.
{To burn a bowl} (Game of Bowls), to displace it
accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be
burned.
{To burn daylight}, to light candles before it is dark; to
waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak.
{To burn one's fingers}, to get one's self into unexpected
trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others,
speculation, etc.
{To burn out}, to destroy or obliterate by burning. ``Must
you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?'' --Shak.
{To be burned out}, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of
one's house, store, or shop, with the contents.
{To burn up}, {To burn down}, to burn entirely.
Burn \Burn\, n.
1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or
intense heat.
2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in
brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
3. A disease in vegetables. See {Brand}, n., 6.
Burn \Burn\, n. [See 1st {Bourn}.]
A small stream. [Scot.]
Burn \Burn\, v. i.
1. To be of fire; to flame. ``The mount burned with fire.''
--Deut. ix. 15.
2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.
Your meat doth burn, quoth I. --Shak.
3. To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or
emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or
rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively
emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with
fever.
Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked
with us by the way? --Luke xxiv.
32.
The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Burned on the water. --Shak.
Burning with high hope. --Byron.
The groan still deepens, and the combat burns.
--Pope.
The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the
effect of fire. --Milton.
4. (Chem.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat;
as, copper burns in chlorine.
5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object
which is sought. [Colloq.]
{To burn out}, to burn till the fuel is exhausted.
{To burn up}, {To burn down}, to be entirely consumed.
资料来源 : WordNet®
burn
n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: {burning}]
2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
of the sun [syn: {tan}, {suntan}, {sunburn}]
3: an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or
radiation
4: a burned place or area [syn: {burn mark}]
5: damage inflicted by burning
[also: {burnt}]
burn
v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
[syn: {fire}, {burn down}]
2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: {glow}]
3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: {combust}]
4: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun
burned his face" [syn: {bite}, {sting}]
5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We
combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: {combust}]
6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was
burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new
skies"
7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns
only Diesel oil" [syn: {incinerate}]
8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
11: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric
current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the
wart" [syn: {cauterize}, {cauterise}]
12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: {sunburn}]
13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn:
{cut}]
14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous
exercise" [syn: {burn off}, {burn up}]
15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole
in my dress"
[also: {burnt}]