| 单词 | set afire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set afire 1. On fire, in or into a state of burning, in or into flames. Esp. in to set afire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adverb] > burning or on fire afirec1275 alight1770 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 13531 Mærlin sæide whilen, þat sculden for Ardure [read Arðure] Rome ifullen afure. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7805 Þe grete cite of medes suþþe afure [?a1425 B in a feer; c1450 B on a fere] he sette. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 457 (MED) He..sette þe abbay of Ripoun a fire [a1425 Harl. afuyre, c1400 Tiber. a vure]. 1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) clxxxxij. sig. e5v The scottes sette a fire the stakkes of hey. a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 279 (MED) A lytell spark may set a towne a-fyre. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 45 In Illyricum there is a cold spring, ouer which, if ye spread any clothes, they catch a fire and burne. 1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times iv. ix. 155 If our Clay-Cottage be not cooled with rest, the Roofe falls a fire. 1712 E. A. Burgis Ann. Church i. 64 Others were anointed with Gum, Rosine, Wax and other combustible Matters, had a Stake put under their Chin, to keep 'em from bending, then were set afire. 1768 Earl of Carlisle in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 272 Why did you not set his timber-yard a-fire? 1820 R. H. Barham Baldwin I. ii. 35 A fine lad he was, to be sure, for all he was a little mischievous, and once set my wig afire. 1858 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 742/2 If you'd seen her or heerd her when our boardin'-house caught afire,..I guess you'd like to have stood still and looked on. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (at cited word) They've been chastising my boy of setting the faggot-stack a-fire. 1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. v. liv. 244 I set the wick afire and with the pole as a lever, threw the flaming wick high in the air. 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien Hobbit xiv. 254 Another house and then another sprang afire and fell. 1971 Advocate-News (Barbados) 4 June 1 in R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) 12/1 One building obliquely opposite the service station-restaurant caught afire, and the roof and first storey..were destroyed. 2004 D. Carter Stonewall (2005) ix. 172 The area that was set afire is where the coatroom was. to set afire 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. In or into a heightened state of emotion or activity; in or into an intense passion. Esp. in to set afire. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb] > in inflamed manner afirec1384 inflamedly1637 in a flame1790 aflame1879 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adverb] > (of passion) on fire afirea1500 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > burning or inflamed (of passions) chafedc1330 burninga1400 ferventa1400 scaldingc1400 flagrant?1521 frying1587 incensed1612 warmed1700 white-hot1833 afire1846 akindle1869 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) James iii. 6 The tunge..enflaumed, or set afijre, of helle, enflaumeth the wheel of oure birthe [1526 Tyndale, 1560 Geneva a fyre]. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2493 The deuyl sette here soules bothe a fere [c1500 Trin. Cambr. afyre]. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 3472 (MED) Herte voyde of ire Hath naght wherwith to sette a tonge afire. a1500 in Antiquary (1901) 37 53 (MED) The fende..set afyre in her love Fabricion, provost of that londe. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. F.iii Hee seemeth among other miracles of his to take delite in spite of fears to set afire frozen herts. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 279 Lovers ire sets love afier. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xvii. 127 Some of a graver Character were set afire by her Charms! View more context for this quotation 1846 Amer. Rev. Mar. 313/1 In the midst of the curses and clamors, the indomitable Fitz shouted out to some of the tallow-coated sufferers who were most obstreperous—‘Boys, keep cool—don't catch afire you wick-ed fellows.’ 1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider xxiii. 218 The news that he was to preach had set the Hissawachee Settlement afire with eager curiosity to hear him. 1918 Morning Telegraph (N.Y.) 7 July ii. 8/1 The megaphone man kept singing away into his nose the information that was warranted to set the heart afire. 1953 L. de Wohl Set All Afire 191 When my General, Father Ignatius, sent me out he said to me: ‘Go and set all afire.’ I am trying to carry out his order, but I know I need help, and that means that I must also try to set afire some of those at home. 2006 K. J. Marsh Aura of Love liii. 324 Jace's temper caught afire, and he literally saw red. to set afire to set at ease, at rest, to rest, †in or at peace; †to set at debate, †to set at difference, †to set at a jar, †to set at jars, to set at odds, to set at one, to set at variance, †to set at square, to set at war, to set by the ears, †to set in sunder; to set agog, †to set at gaze, to set astray; to set aglow, to set afire, to set on fire (see fire n. and int. Phrases 2j(b)), to set aflame, to set in flame(s, etc.; to set in array, to set in order, to set in readiness, to set to rights; to set †in effray, †to set on fear; to set at large, to set at leisure, to set at liberty; to set on edge; to set in or on a roar; to set in action, to set in motion, to set in operation; to set at bay, to set at fault, †to set in press, †to set in stay; to set at contempt, to set at defiance; etc.: see also the nouns and adverbs. Also, to set afoot or on foot (see afoot adv. 3, foot n. and int. Phrases 3a(c)).extracted from setv.1< as lemmas |
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