| 单词 | fire stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire stick fire stick n. (a) a burning brand; (b) = fire drill n. (b); (c) a long implement used for stirring a fire; a poker. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > torch or brand fire stickc1300 firebrandc1330 fire-blazea1500 firing?c1500 stick of firec1510 lunt1550 tede1562 fire-link1579 fire cane1644 brand1810 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > mechanical device fire stickc1300 flint-mill1757 fire piston1846 gas poker1855 gas lighter1856 fire drill1861 fire-churn1863 lighter1875 hand drill1891 fire-plough1893 electric wand1898 wax jack1937 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > fire-brand brandc950 fire stickc1300 firebrandc1330 stick of firec1510 fire-link1579 fire cane1644 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker purr1357 fire-purra1451 fire pike1483 poker1534 fire-pote1638 pote1638 proker1742 fire point1789 teaser1839 kennedy1864 curate1878 tickler1881 fire stick1896 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 966 Was it nouth worth a fir sticke. a1576 R. Eden tr. L. de Varthema Nauigation & Voy. v. xvii, in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies (1577) f. 394v Apparelled lyke the deuyll..carying fyre stickes in theyr mouthes and handes. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 181 The babe, who thinkes his Nurce does him wrong..when sometymes she plucks a firesticke from him. 1608 J. Smith True Relation Occurr. Virginia sig. Dv I was with a fire stick lighted to my lodging. a1628 F. Fletcher Second Voiage in Mariner's Mirror (1923) 9 199 Their fier stickes they strike fier with by drilling. 1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 24 If a fire-stick be whirled round in the dark. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 238 For many years, flint and steel could not drive it [sc. the fire-drill] out of use among the natives, who went on carrying every man his fire-sticks. 1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane 100 Sister Jane, armed with a fire-stick (a heavy piece of metal weighing four or five pounds)..was..making an effort to get to the door. 1902 Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 180 In the same plate are included a pair of wooden fire sticks or tongs [of the Tulare Indians]. 1989 Sun (Brisbane) 3 Feb. 13/5 Cardwell ranger station is celebrating the return of ancient Aboriginal firesticks, stolen a year ago. 2000 M. Kneale Eng. Passengers (2001) vi. 155 Next I went over to the small firestick that was all the fire Mother let us have now. 2011 M. Kelly Finding Poland i. 13 That fire stick might, in some unconscious way, have been related to my favourite object in that house: my great-grandfather Rafal's army truncheon. < as lemmas |
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