| 单词 | burn out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto burn out c. literal and figurative. With certain modifying adverbs. to burn out, forth: to burst out in flame (archaic). to burn out, also (quasi-reflexive and passive) to burn itself out, to be burnt out: to burn until extinguished by want of fuel; spec. (a) of an electrical valve, fuse, etc.; (b) of a space rocket. Also, to burn oneself out: to exhaust one's strength (by over-exertion) (1937 in Partridge Dict. Slang s.v.). to burn down, burn low: to burn until it becomes feeble from want of fuel. to burn up: to take strong hold of the combustible material, get fairly alight. Also with certain adjectives denoting the colours or quality of the flame, as to burn red, blue, bright, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > become fire [verb (intransitive)] > flare up to burn out, fortha1382 to burst (out) into flamec1385 fuff1513 upbraid1513 exaestuate1642 flash1661 to flare up1846 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > become extinguished [verb (intransitive)] quench?c1225 aquencha1250 to wax outc1400 slockc1485 slocken1535 to burn out, forth1597 extinguish1599 squench1643 to blow out1842 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist tirec725 endOE forfareOE goc1175 fleec1200 to wend awayc1225 diea1240 to-melta1240 to pass awaya1325 flit1340 perishc1350 vanisha1375 decorre1377 cease1382 dispend1393 failc1400 overshakec1425 surcease1439 adrawc1450 fall1523 decease1538 define1562 fleet1576 expire1595 evanish1597 extinguish1599 extirp1606 disappear1623 evaporatea1631 trans-shift1648 annihilate1656 exolve1657 cancela1667 to pass off1699 to burn out, forth1832 spark1845 to die out1853 to come, go, etc. by the board1859 sputter1964 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > gradually to die away1680 sink1718 to die off1722 to burn out, forth1832 to die down1836 peter1846 fizz1847 to fizzle out1847 to die out1853 poof1915 down1924 to wind down1969 society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] > strikingly shinec1340 to stand fortha1425 to stick out1612 to stick off1613 to stand offa1616 stare1645 glare1712 to stand out1824 to burn out, forth1834 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > become fire [verb (intransitive)] > subside (of fire or flame) falleOE slakec1340 sink1611 burn low1834 flit1839 to die down1895 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > waste away > wear > wear out to wear out, forth1412 slitec1440 to burn out, forth1931 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (reflexive)] strain1377 overwork1530 overtire1558 toil1560 spend1594 overtask1628 waste1630 unbowel1647 to run off one's legs (also feet)1666 overexert1817 muck1819 tew1825 overdo1858 to burn out, forth1955 society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [verb (transitive)] > burn (space rocket) until extinguished to burn out, forth1958 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xvi. 19 Fyr brende out on either side. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 34 Violent fires soone burne out themselues. View more context for this quotation 1814 Lett. fr. England I. viii. 92 Till the lights were burnt out. 1827 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay ii. iii The unsnuff'd lights are now burnt low. 1832 R. Southey Ess. I. 336 In the tenth year of the war, the spirit of Jacobinism was burnt out in France. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix. 66/2 Till it burn forth, in our conduct, a visible, acted Gospel. a1887 Mod. Do not let the fire burn out. It is burnt out already. His zeal will soon burn itself out. The fire has burnt down to a spark. Do not go before the fire has burnt up. 1931 Boys' Mag. 45 171/1 To operate the valve with increase of voltage does not solve the problem, for this means that the valve (which is already partially ruined) will soon cease to function, or in other words ‘burn out’. 1943 V. Nabokov in Atlantic Jan. 70/1 The lamp burned low, and strange objects glimmered upon the writing desk. 1955 R. Bannister First Four Minutes iv. 48 7½ miles is much too far for me—I want to be a miler and I shall burn myself out. 1958 Listener 11 Dec. 992/1 The American rocket..burns out over the Sahara Desert. 1991 I. Gower Shoemaker's Daughter (1992) vi. 87 The fire was burning low in the grate and the kettle was cold on the hob. to burn out b. With adverbs or complement phrases. to burn up: to consume entirely by burning; figurative, to irritate, to upset, to enrage (U.S. slang.); also (U.S. colloquial) to travel through or along at speed. Also figurative. to burn away: to consume or dissipate gradually by burning. to burn out: to consume the contents and interior of (a building). So also to burn to, into (formerly also in) ashes, to burn to powder, etc.; and to burn (a building) down, to burn to the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] burna1000 forburnOE forswealc1000 swealc1000 to burn upc1175 forswithea1250 to-brenna1300 singea1400 scorchc1475 combust1483 combure1570 toast1577 flame1582 embroil1667 flagrate1756 underburn1841 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > the interior of to burn outc1175 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > burn to ashes to burn to, into (formerly also in) ashesc1175 to burn to powderc1175 adust?a1425 incinerate1555 adure1583 cinder1628 calcine1633 cinefy1654 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > by burning to burn outa1616 burn1858 society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > rapidly scourc1380 skirra1616 scud1632 bescour1837 to swallow up1890 to eat up1898 to burn up1909 the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > make angry wrethec900 abelgheeOE abaeileOE teenOE i-wrathec1075 wratha1200 awratha1250 gramec1275 forthcalla1300 excitea1340 grieve1362 movea1382 achafea1400 craba1400 angerc1400 mada1425 provokec1425 forwrecchec1450 wrothc1450 arage1470 incensea1513 puff1526 angry1530 despite1530 exasperate1534 exasper1545 stunt1583 pepper1599 enfever1647 nanger1675 to put or set up the back1728 roil1742 outrage1818 to put a person's monkey up1833 to get one's back up1840 to bring one's nap up1843 rouse1843 to get a person's shirt out1844 heat1855 to steam up1860 to get one's rag out1862 steam1922 to burn up1923 to flip out1964 α. β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13237 And al to pouder þai it brind [Fairf. brent].c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 16 Vas it [Carthage] nocht brynt in puldir ande asse.δ. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14668 & brenn itt all till asskess þær.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xlix. 8 Thei brenden vp the chosen cite of hoelynesse.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. vi. 10 The asken, the which the fier vowrynge brent out.1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Jii God..brente them all vp wyth brymstone.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H6v The fire, which them to ashes brent.1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. 176 It were a good job it were brenned down.c1305 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 4 Þe fire sal berne vp sinful man þat haþ misdo. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Diij Thonder and lytenynge shall..bourne theym all in po[w]der. 1611 Bible (King James) Job i. 16 The fire of God..hath burnt vp the sheepe. View more context for this quotation 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xv. 101 Although the house should be burned down, yet the tenant must continue to pay the rent. a1887 Mod. Newspaper. The first and second floors of the front building were burned out, roofs off. 1909 Chicago Tribune 21 Aug. 7/1 Barney [Oldfield] started to burn up the track and opened a big gap, leading the first lap. 1923 H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood i. 23 I certainly burnt Ajariah Stubbs up that day... I fell asleep..and I give a guy pepsin bismuth and a stiff argument, when all he says he asked for was a plain chocolate soda. 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) ii. 34 Naturally this crack burns Handsome Jack up quite some. 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) vii. 211 Ed is plenty burned up, and, my God, I don't blame him. 1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here xiii. 130 What burns me up is the fact that..7 per cent of all the families in the country earned $500 a year or less. 1937 C. Odets Golden Boy iii. ii. 214 We'll drive through the night... That's what speed's for, an easy way to live! Lorna darling, we'll burn up the night. 1943 P. Cheyney You can always Duck ii. 39 I told him the story, an' was he burned up! to burn out c. To cauterize, as a surgical operation; to brand with the mark of a criminal. to burn out: to destroy (the eyes, etc.) by burning. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > cauterizing > cauterize [verb (transitive)] brandc1440 sear1482 burn1483 cauterize?1541 cauterizate1576 to sear up1602 singe1627 society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > roast or torture by fire > brand burn1483 brand1753 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > by burning to burn outa1616 burn1858 1483 Cath. Angl. 32 To Birne with yrne; cauteriare, incauteriare. 1486 Bk. St. Albans C. vj b Brynne the narellis [of a hawk] thourogh owte. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 453/1 in Chron. I Him that is burnt in the hand. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. i. 59 These eyes..with hot Irons must I burne them out. 1655 R. Baxter Quakers Catech. 3 I dare no more accuse them..for persecution who shall burn a Thief in the hand. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5329/4 He..was burnt in the Hand last Assizes at Worcester. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 152 Transported Felons..burnt in the Hand. to burn out 18. to burn out: to fuse by means of an electric current. Cf. burn-out n. (b) at burn- comb. form 5. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > fuse > furnish with fuse [verb (transitive)] > cause failure to burn out1924 blow1949 fuse1951 1924 Discovery June 83/2 The Germans were using some objectionable form of frightfulness that burnt out the magnetos of French planes flying across German zones. < as lemmas |
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