| 单词 | spot fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspot fire spot fire n. a fire ignited by a spark or a piece of burning wood carried from an initial fire (usually a forest fire) by the wind. ΚΠ 1924 N.Y. Times Mag. 2 Nov. 10/2 The flanks of the little grass fire angle outward with incredible swiftness, linking up with the ‘spot’ fires set to right and left by the whirling sparks. 1949 Public Admin. Rev. 9 224/1 Slugger needed plenty of help, but he was too busy chopping and clearing and fighting spot fires to know how little he was accomplishing. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 1 d/4 Acting Park Superintendent Alan Mebane said Sunday the fire fighters were still controlling spot fires in the east side. 2011 Jrnl. Tribune (Biddeford, Maine) 28 June a7/5 Laboratory officials said the wildfire sparked a spot fire on its property that was soon contained Monday. < as lemmas |
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