| 单词 | fire line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire line fire line n. (a) the (leading) edge of a wildfire; cf. fire front n.; (b) a section of cleared land, or a naturally occurring barrier, that helps prevent the spread of fire; = firebreak n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > for specific purpose firebreak1820 fire line1853 fireguard1874 fire trace1891 1853 Missionary Reg. Jan. 42/1 Feeling cold from the cutting wind, I kept myself as close as possible to the fire-line for about a quarter of an hour, when daylight appeared. 1902 A. C. Laut Story of Trapper 147 The game..must be moving away from the fire line. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 10 Fire line, a strip kept clear of inflammable material as a protection against the spread of forest fire. 2001 E. A. Johnson & K. Miyanishi Forest Fires (verso title page) (caption) Tornadic fire whirls were observed immediately in front of this advancing fire line. 2004 Z. Unger Working Fire xiv. 215 Once a fire is completely encircled by a fire line, it is 100 percent contained. < as lemmas |
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