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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.

Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
   1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.

   2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
      powerful; as, burning zeal.

            Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.

   {Burning bush} (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus
      atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.

Burning \Burn"ing\, n.
   The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the
   effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or
   excessively heated.

   {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the
      lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of
      turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter
      with alcohol.

   {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for
      producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to
      a focus.

   {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are
      calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the
      pyrites. --Weale.

   {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane
      mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.

   Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.

资料来源 : WordNet®

burning
     adj 1: producing or having a painfully hot sensation; "begged for
            water to soothe his burning throat"
     2: intensely hot; "a burning fever"; "the burning sand" [syn: {burning(a)}]
     3: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
        lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
        change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an
        impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: {ardent},
         {burning(a)}, {fervent}, {fervid}, {fiery}, {impassioned},
         {perfervid}, {torrid}]
     4: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
        (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
        aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
        on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
        burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
        fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)},
         {alight(p)}, {blazing}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}]
     5: of immediate import; "burning issues of the day" [syn: {burning(a)}]
     6: consuming fuel; used in combination; "coal-burning (or
        wood-burning) stoves"

burning
     n 1: the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was
          prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: {combustion}]
     2: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: {burn}]
     3: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give
        heat and light [syn: {combustion}]
     4: execution by electricity [syn: {electrocution}]
     5: execution by fire [syn: {burning at the stake}]