单词 | pyrophobic |
释义 | > as lemmaspyrophobic pyrophobic adj. and n. Brit. /ˌpʌɪrə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪk/ , U.S. /ˌpaɪrəˈfoʊbɪk/ (a) adj. (of a plant) susceptible to damage by fire; (also, of a person) suffering from pyrophobia; (b) n. a person suffering from pyrophobia.ΚΠ 1918 R. M. Harper in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 45 33 Certain fire-sensitive (or pyrophobic, if one may coin a new term) plants..are characteristic of such places. 1988 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 15 619/2 The rainforests are pyrophobic: the forests have a low flammability and most tree species are damaged or killed by fire. 1990 Times 24 Nov. (Saturday Review) 32/1 Her tyrannical father..was a pyrophobic who lived on a diet of watery porridge. 1994 Guardian 9 July (Weekend Suppl.) 44/4 Pyrophobic poet Thomas Gray fixed still-visible bracket to wall outside his room to lower himself in any emergency. < as lemmas |
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