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wildfire

英 ['waɪl(d)faɪə] 美 ['waɪldfaɪɚ]

解释

n. 火灾；磷火，鬼火；散布极快的事物

※ 提供单词"wildfire"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

wildfire (n.): late Old English wilde fyr "destructive fire" (perhaps caused by lightning); also "erysipelas, spreading skin disease;" see from wild (adj.) + fire (n.). From c. 1300 as "Greek fire," also fire rained down from the sky as divine retribution. Figurative sense from late 14c. By 1795 as "sheet lightning."

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例句和用法

1. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.: 这些谣言迅速传遍了整座城市。

2. The news spread like wildfire.: 消息不胫而走.

3. Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.: 霍乱在营地里迅速传播.

4. In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.: 在加利福尼亚州北部，一场野火产生的烟雾已扩散了200多英里。

5. The child was very amused by the wildfire outside of the windows.: 这孩子对窗外的磷火极感兴趣.