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wild·fire W0155200 (wīld′fīr′)n.1. A raging, rapidly spreading fire.2. Something that acts very quickly and intensely: a land swept by the wildfire of revolution.3. Lightning occurring without audible thunder.4. A luminosity that appears over swamps or marshes at night; ignis fatuus.5. A highly flammable material, such as Greek fire, once used in warfare.Idiom: like wildfire Rapidly and intensely: The disease spread like wildfire.wildfire (ˈwaɪldˌfaɪə) n1. (Elements & Compounds) a highly flammable material, such as Greek fire, formerly used in warfare2. a. a raging and uncontrollable fireb. anything that is disseminated quickly (esp in the phrase spread like wildfire)3. (Physical Geography) lightning without audible thunder4. (Physical Geography) another name for will-o'-the-wispwild•fire (ˈwaɪldˌfaɪər)
n. 1. a highly flammable composition, as Greek fire, difficult to extinguish when ignited, formerly used in warfare. 2. any large fire that spreads rapidly and is hard to extinguish. Idioms: like wildfire, very rapidly and with unchecked force. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  wildfire - a raging and rapidly spreading conflagrationconflagration, inferno - a very intense and uncontrolled fire |
Translationswild (waild) adjective1. (of animals) not tamed. wolves and other wild animals. 野生的 野生的2. (of land) not cultivated. 未開墾的 未开垦的3. uncivilized or lawless; savage. wild tribes. 未開化的，野蠻的 未开化的，原始的 4. very stormy; violent. a wild night at sea; a wild rage. 狂暴的 狂暴的5. mad, crazy, insane etc. wild with hunger; wild with anxiety. 瘋狂的 疯狂的6. rash. a wild hope. 迫切的 急切的7. not accurate or reliable. a wild guess. 不準確的，不可靠的 不切实际的8. very angry. 盛怒的 狂怒的ˈwildly adverb 狂野地 狂暴地ˈwildness noun 狂野 粗野，野生，未开化 ˈwildfire: spread like wildfire (of eg news) to spread extremely fast. 野火 野火ˈwildfowl noun plural wild birds, especially water birds such as ducks, geese etc. 野鳥(尤指野鴨、野鵝等水鳥) 猎鸟ˌwild-ˈgoose chase an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain. 白忙一場，徒勞之舉 荒谬无益之追求，徒劳的举动 ˈwildlife noun wild animals, birds, insects etc collectively. to protect wildlife. 野生動物 野生动物in the wild (of an animal) in its natural surroundings. Young animals have to learn to look after themselves in the wild. (動物)在自然棲息地 在野外，在大自然中 the wilds the uncultivated areas (of a country etc). They're living out in the wilds of Australia somewhere. 窮鄉僻壤 荒野，未开发地区 the Wild Westwestwildfire
like wildfireVery rapidly and uncontrollably. I didn't expect that rumor to spread like wildfire, but it seems like everyone has heard about it already.See also: like, wildfirespread like wildfireTo spread, circulate, or propagate very quickly and widely. Likened to the rapid spread of a literal wildfire. News of the scandal spread like wildfire across the news outlets. An outbreak of the deadly virus has been spreading like wildfire through the closely confined camps of refugees.See also: like, spread, wildfirespread like wildfireFig. [for something] to spread rapidly. Rumors spread like wildfire when people are excited. This disease will spread like wildfire when it gets going.See also: like, spread, wildfirespread like wildfireDisseminate or circulate very quickly, as in The rumor about their divorce spread like wildfire. The noun wildfire means "a raging, rapidly spreading conflagration." [c. 1800] See also: like, spread, wildfirespread like wildfire COMMON If something, especially information or a disease, spreads like wildfire, it very quickly reaches or affects a lot of people. The news of his release spread like wildfire. These stories were spreading like wildfire through the neighbourhood. The virus swept through the team like wildfire. Note: This expression may refer to the way that fires which start in the countryside spread very quickly and are difficult to control. See also: like, spread, wildfirespread like wildfire spread with great speed.See also: like, spread, wildfirespread like ˈwildfire (especially of news or disease) travel or spread very quickly: Rumours about a fall in the price of oil spread like wildfire in the city. ♢ Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.See also: like, spread, wildfire like wildfire Rapidly and intensely: The disease spread like wildfire.See also: like, wildfirespread like wildfire, toTo disseminate very quickly. Wildfire here denotes a combination of inflammable materials that catch fire very fast. The analogy to less concrete matters was drawn by about 1800. Benjamin Disraeli used it in Venetia (1837): “The report . . . spread like wild fire through the town.”See also: like, spreadwildfire
wildfire1. a highly flammable material, such as Greek fire, formerly used in warfare 2. lightning without audible thunder Wildfire an infectious disease of tobacco and Indian tobacco caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas tabacum. Wildfire is characterized by the appearance of numerous pale yellow chlorotic spots, reaching 2 cm in diameter, on the leaves and, sometimes, on the sepals and pods. The diseased areas desiccate in dry weather and rot in humid weather, which often leads to the perforation of the leaves. The causative agent of wildfire enters the plant through the stomata and damaged tissues. The bacterium is preserved in dust that has settled in drying sheds or clinged to seeds and to greenhouse stock; it is also preserved in the unrotted remains of a harvest. Wildfire decreases harvests by 40 to 50 percent. Prices for tobacco leaves drop by 80 percent when the leaves are diseased. Control measures include using liquid disinfectants on seeds, disinfecting greenhouse stock, spraying seedlings with Bordeaux mixture during the phase of two true leaflets, and growing resistant varieties. The application of potash fertilizers and autumn plowing are also recommended. REFERENCESGrushevoi, S. E. Bolezni tabaka i sistema meropriiatii po bor’be s nimi. Moscow, 1950.
Leonov, I. P., A. G. Petrenko, and G. M. Psarev. Posobie dlia tabakovodov. Moscow, 1968.S. E. GRUSHEVOI wildfire[′wīl‚fīr] (plant pathology) A bacterial disease of tobacco caused by Pseudomonas tabaci and characterized by the appearance of brown spots surrounded by yellow rings, which turn dark, rot, and fall out. Wildfire
fo·go sel·va·gem (fō'gō sel'vă-jem), A form of pemphigus foliaceus, occurring in southern Brazil, in which the lesions are bullous, appear localized to the face and upper trunk, become widespread, variegated, erythrodermic, and exfoliative, and are immunologically indistinguishable from pemphigus foliaceus or vulgaris. Synonym(s): Brazilian pemphigus, wildfire [Pg. wild fire] Dermatology See Fogo selvagem
Public safety An uncontrolled fire—e.g., forest fire, scrub fire—that occurs in sparsely or unpopulated regionswildfire
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