fire

	The car was now on fire . 小轿车在燃烧。
	The warehouse has been badly damaged by fire. 仓库因失火损毁严重。
	Several youths had set fire to the police car(= had made it start burning) . 几个年轻人纵火焚烧警车。
	A candle had set the curtains on fire . 蜡烛把窗帘燃起来了。
	These thatched roofs frequently catch fire(= start to burn) . 这些茅草屋顶屡屡着火。
	forest fires 森林大火
	Five people died in a house fire last night. 有五人死于昨夜的住宅火灾。
	A small fire had started in the kitchen. 厨房失火了，燃起了一股小的火苗。
	Fires were breaking out everywhere. 到处都在发生火灾。
	It took two hours to put out the fire(= stop it burning) . 用了两小时才把火扑灭。

取暖；烹饪for heating/cooking

3.	[c] 炉火；灶火a pile of burning fuel, such as wood or coal, used for cooking food or heating a room

	to make/build a fire 生火
	a log/coal fire 柴火；煤火
	Sam had lit a fire to welcome us home. 萨姆点燃炉火欢迎我们回家。
	Come and get warm by the fire. 到炉火边来取暖。
	We sat in front of a roaring fire . 我们坐在熊熊的炉火面前。

4.	[c] 取暖器；暖气装置a piece of equipment for heating a room

	a gas/electric fire 煤气╱电取暖器
	Shall I put the fire on? 我打开暖气好吗？

枪支from guns

5.	[u] 射击；火力shots from guns

	a burst of machine-gun fire 一阵机枪射击
	to return fire(= to fire back at sb who is shooting at you) 用枪炮还击
	The gunmen opened fire on(= started shooting at) the police. 持枪歹徒向警察开火。
	Their vehicle came under fire(= was being shot at) . 他们的车遭到射击。
	He ordered his men to hold their fire(= not to shoot) . 他命令士兵停止射击。
	A young girl was in the line of fire(= between the person shooting and what he/she was shooting at) . 有一个女孩处于射程之内。

愤怒；热情anger/enthusiasm

6.	[u] 激情；愤怒；热情very strong emotion, especially anger or enthusiasm

Her eyes were full of fire.

她的双眼充满激情的火花。

IDM

The health minister has come under fire from all sides.

卫生部长受到来自各方的责难。

be/come under fire

受到严厉批评；遭到猛烈批判to be criticized severely for sth you have done

The health minister has come under fire from all sides.

卫生部长受到来自各方的责难。

The project had hung fire for several years for lack of funds.

这个项目因缺少资金耽搁了好几年。

hang/hold fire

（使行动）延迟；（使）迟缓to delay or be delayed in taking action

The project had hung fire for several years for lack of funds.

这个项目因缺少资金耽搁了好几年。

He couldn't breathe. His chest was on fire.

他无法呼吸。他的胸部火辣辣地疼痛。

on fire

火辣辣；火烧火燎的giving you a painful burning feeling

He couldn't breathe. His chest was on fire.

他无法呼吸。他的胸部火辣辣地疼痛。

play with fire

玩火；冒险to act in a way that is not sensible and take dangerous risks

射击shoot

1.	[i][t] 射击；开火；开枪to shoot bullets from a gun

	The officer ordered his men to fire. 军官下令士兵射击。
	Soldiers fired on the crowd. 军人朝人群开枪。
	They ran away as soon as the first shot was fired. 第一枪刚响他们就跑了。
	He fired the gun into the air. 他朝天鸣枪。
	Missiles were fired at the enemy. 向敌人发射了导弹。

2.	[i][t] 射出（子弹）to shoot bullets out

	We heard the sound of guns firing. 我们听见枪炮射击声。
	A starter's pistol fires only blanks. 初学者的手枪发射的只是空弹。

3.	[t] ~ sth 射（箭）to shoot an arrow

She fired an arrow at the target.

她瞄准靶子射箭。

工作from job

4.	[t] ~ sb 解雇；开除to force sb to leave their job

	We had to fire him for dishonesty. 他不诚实，我们不得不开除他。
	She got fired from her first job. 她第一份工作是被解雇的。
	He was responsible for hiring and firing staff. 他负责招聘和解雇职员。

使充满激情make sb enthusiastic

5.	[t] ~ sb (with sth) 激励；激起热情；使充满热情to make sb feel very excited about sth or interested in sth

	The talk had fired her with enthusiasm for the project. 这次谈话激起了她对这个项目的热情。
	His imagination had been fired by the film. 这部电影激发了他的想象力。

发动机of engine

6.	[i] 点火；发动when an enginefires , an electrical spark is produced that makes the fuel burn and the engine start to work

燃…的-fired

7.	以…为燃料的using the fuel mentioned in order to operate

gas-fired central heating

煤气集中供暖

陶器clay objects

8.	[t] ~ sth 烧制（陶器、砖等）to heat a clay object to make it hard and strong

	to fire pottery 烧制陶器
	to fire bricks in a kiln 在窑内烧砖

IDM

The room was full of journalists, all firing questions at them.

满屋的记者向他们接二连三地提问题。

fire questions, insults, etc. at sb

对某人发出连珠炮似的问题（或辱骂等）to ask sb a lot of questions one after another or make a lot of comments very quickly

The room was full of journalists, all firing questions at them.

满屋的记者向他们接二连三地提问题。