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单词 to take fire
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to take fire
l. to take fire.
(a) To become ignited; to start to burn; = to catch fire at catch v. Phrases 5.
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c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 34 The bronde..began to take fire and schewe flaume [Fr. s'esprist et aluma].
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. YYYvi At ye laste they take fyre and bren.
1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 21 Through the moystnes of the weather..the powder will take no fire.
1630 J. Winthrop Jrnl. 9 Apr. (1996) 6 Out of everye shippe were throwne suche bedd mattes as were subiecte to take fire.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 89 Dip therein one end of your short Pieces, least they take Fire at both ends together.
1701 J. Gordon Diary 17 May (1949) 103 The beding had taken fire through the negligence of the man imployed to wait upon her.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 126 The soot took fire.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. x. 159 They perceived that she [sc. the ship] grounded, smoked, and, finally, took fire.
1885 Cent. Mag. 29 874/1 These..chimneys..often took fire.
1937 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. 40 The blankets had taken fire from an electric vapor lamp.
1992 S. Holloway Courage High! xxi. 176/2 A large cargo ship took fire for'ard..We put this out in half an hour and then went back to the warehouse.
2014 Philippines News Agency (Nexis) 21 Nov. Before the plane crashed and took fire the drug couriers managed to drop the bags with cocaine.
(b) figurative and in figurative contexts. To become inflamed with a strong emotion, esp. anger; to become intensely animated, excited, or enthused. Also: to escalate rapidly or uncontrollably.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry
wrethec900
wrothc975
abelghec1300
to move one's blood (also mood)c1330
to peck moodc1330
gremec1460
to take firea1513
fumec1522
sourdc1540
spitec1560
to set up the heckle1601
fire1604
exasperate1659
to fire up1779
to flash up1822
to get one's dander up1831
to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832
to have (also get) one's monkey up1833
to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837
rile1837
to go off the handle1839
to flare up1840
to set one's back up1845
to run hot1855
to wax up1859
to get one's rag out1862
blow1871
to get (also have) the pricker1871
to turn up rough1872
to get the needle1874
to blaze up1878
to get wet1898
spunk1898
to see red1901
to go crook1911
to get ignorant1913
to hit the ceiling1914
to hit the roof1921
to blow one's top1928
to lose one's rag1928
to lose one's haira1930
to go up in smoke1933
hackle1935
to have, get a cob on1937
to pop (also blow) one's cork1938
to go hostile1941
to go sparec1942
to do one's bun1944
to lose one's wool1944
to blow one's stack1947
to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950
rear1953
to get on ignorant1956
to go through the roof1958
to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964
to lose ita1969
to blow a gasket1975
to throw a wobbler1985
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > become ardent or fervent [verb (intransitive)] > become inflamed with passion
heata1225
tind1297
lowea1333
anheat1340
to catch firec1400
kindlea1450
to take firea1513
inflame1559
broil1561
calenturea1657
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxxviiiv/2 Whiche Conclucion was after disalowyd..whiche kyndelyd a newe brande of burnyng Enuy atwene the Lorde Protectour & hym and toke fyre in suche wyse that it left nat tyll both parties with many other were consumyd and slayne.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxxix. 111 My hart within was set on heate: thus musing fire it tooke: My tong brake out, some thyng to treate: then silence I forsooke.
1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage sig. A3 On which Tinder he soones takes fire and sweares you are the Man his hopes shot at.
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man x. §22. 224 Such an angriness of humour, that we take fire of every thing.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 392. ⁋3 His splenetick contracted Temper made him take fire immediately.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. liv. 171 The Commons took fire, and voted it a breach of privilege.
1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 177 Cleomenes took fire at the affront.
1890 Temple Bar June 17 Lithgow's soul took fire with sympathy.
1941 J. Agate Diary 19 Jan. in Selective Ego (1976) 138 I must not judge Pam by her performance to-night,..she needs an audience, when she takes fire in all sorts of unexpected ways.
1963 J. Monaghan et al. Bk. of Amer. West xxx. 134 The national bicycle craze took fire with the mass-production of Colonel Albert Pope's ‘Columbia’ safety bicycle in Boston in 1877.
1989 Princeton Alumni Weekly 8 Mar. 48/2 Their imagination took fire when they read it.
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