| 单词 | to get on fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get on fire (b) To become ignited; to start to burn; = to catch fire at catch v. Phrases 5. Also to get on fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > catch fire or begin to burn quicka1225 kindle?c1225 tindc1290 atend1398 to catch fire (also afire, on fire)c1400 quickenc1425 enkindle1556 fire1565 to set on fire1596 take1612 catch1632 conflagrate1657 to fly on fire1692 to go up1716 deflagrate1752 flagrate1756 inflame1783 ignite1818 to fire up1845 1596 E. L. Romes Monarchie xii. sig. H3v The grudge that smothring lies Within the heart, which canker like doth eate: Vntill such time reuenge, breakes out in heate, And sets on fire, from smoake vnto a flame. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xvii. 147 The Indian canes..if they be first very dry, will of themselues sett on fire. 1711 Mem. Lit. 1 Oct. (1712) I. 323/2 If you put a lighted Candle, or any thing of Fire to this Hole, the Water immediately sets on fire, and boils like Spirit of Wine or Brandy. 1897 Mid Surrey Times & Gen. Advertiser 23 Oct. If the chimney gets on fire, throw salt on the fire. 1954 Manch. Guardian 29 May 10 Isn't every building, when it gets on fire, a death-trap for firemen? 2012 D. Ford Miles of Thoughts 160 The ‘wick theory’..posits that..the wound surreptitiously secrets subcutaneous fat that..somehow sets on fire. < as lemmas |
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