| 单词 | to put on fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put on fire (a) To cause to be ignited; to set alight. Also figurative: to inflame a person's emotions; to excite intensely; to animate. Formerly also †to put on fire.to set the world on fire: see world n. Phrases 24. to set the heather on fire: see heather n. 1b. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French mettre a feu, mettre en feu (1307 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > set on fire inflamec1384 to set on firec1384 firec1425 incense1470 esprise1474 succend?a1475 embrase1480 to light upa1500 enfirea1522 ignifya1586 befire1613 incendiatea1701 to touch off1759 conflagrate1835 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > ardent or fervent [verb (transitive)] > inflame (with) passion annealeOE ontendeOE anheatOE atend1006 tindc1175 firec1225 heat?c1225 inlowa1300 inflamea1340 eschaufec1374 flamec1380 kindlec1390 chafe1393 achafea1400 to set a firec1400 lighta1413 incense1435 scaldc1480 embrase1483 incend?1504 to set on fire?1526 enkindle1561 enfire1596 flush1633 boil1649 calenturea1657 infirea1661 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. iii. 19 He bad, that the fourneyse shulde be sette on fijre [L. succenderetur]. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 3 (MED) And for þoo þre chimneis ich low of þe fendis blowing is sett in fire. c1500 Melusine (1895) 228 He..sware his goddes that he shuld putte al on fyre. ?1526 P. Bush Extirpacion of Ignorancy Prol. sig. A.iii Perfyte loue, whiche shulde deuout myndes Sette on fyre, in louyng god omnypotent. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cvijv The fortresse..thei toke and set it on fire. 1638 L. Brinckmair Warnings of Germany 52 Many faire Townes were..put on fire, and the Inhabitants thereof most miserably slaughtered. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 57 Water poured on Lime sets it on fire by an Antiperistasis. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II p. c The lewd boy..had set his mother's house on fire because she had corrected him. 1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 49 Some unlucky sparkle from a Tory paper set Steele's politicks on fire. 1831 J. L. Comstock Elements of Chem. ii. 181 It was found that a lighted lamp, when completely surrounded with such [fine wire] gauze, might be introduced into an explosive mixture, without setting it on fire. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 80 Enough was carried beyond the sea to set on fire the minds of all. 1928 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 23 June 1/7 A large stack of hay was completely destroyed..when sparks from cigarettes..set it on fire. 1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana (1962) 16 ‘But how did she set Earl on fire?’ ‘She put petrol on the tail of his shirt.’ 2012 B. P. Beltran Faith & Struggle on Smokey Mountain v. 192 We have a chance to create a future we want to live in..only if we have been set on fire to struggle for the good, the true, the beautiful. 2013 N.Y. Mag. 25 Mar. 39 We lit lots of candles, and I actually set my sleeve on fire! < as lemmas |
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