| 单词 | to strike fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strike fire (a) To produce (fire, a spark) by percussion, esp. by the percussion of flint and steel. Chiefly in the phrase to strike fire. Also, to strike out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > produce by striking > specific fire or sparks to smite firec1300 strike?c1450 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight > produce (fire or spark) by striking slayc1000 strike?c1450 to strike a light1684 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 823 Þan of flynt fyre þai strake, And made a fyre. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 424 To strike fier with a flint, excutere silicis scintillam. 1578–9 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 117 For an yron to stryke fyer with in the revestrie, 3 d. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. ii. sig. C4v Showers of dartes may darke Heauens ample browe: but not strike out a sparke. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. ii. 119 The manner to strike fire in rubbing two stones one against another, as some Indians vse. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6447/4 One of the said Persons did strike Fire. 1755 E. Young Centaur i, in Wks. (1757) IV. 129 I must observe, that no man can strike fire with a feather. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 218 Blair-Drummond sees the hoofs strike fire. 1862 Temple Bar 6 169 The fire which is struck out of a flint. 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming xvii Two flints strike fire. < as lemmas |
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