| 释义 |
burning
I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English brenninge, from present participle of brennen to burn
1.
a. : on fire : alight, aflame, ignited
< the house is burning >
b. : excessively hot : fiery, ardent, shining, glowing
< under a burning sun >
< a burning and dedicated spirit drove her >
2.
a. : affecting with or as if with heat : heating
< a burning fever >
b. : inflaming, exciting
< a burning enthusiasm >
also : intense
< burning wrath >
c. : of fundamental and immediate import : urgent
< a burning need >
< the burning issue of the day >
d. of sensations : like that produced by a burn
< a burning sensation on the tongue >
3. : prominently in view : glaring, shocking — used especially of unpleasing states or conditions
< a burning shame >
< a burning disgrace to his family >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English brenninge, from gerund of brennen
1.
a. : a consuming or being consumed by fire or heat
b. : the state or sensation of being on fire, as if on fire, or excessively heated
2. : subjection to the action of heat or of an agent that burns : combustion: as
a. : the calcining especially of limestone or ore
b. : the heating of ores without access to air preparatory to smelting
c. : a firing of ceramic materials (as for maturing, glazing, fixing colors)
d. : the sterilizing of soil for tobacco beds by burning piles of brush and wood on the area
3. : the effect produced on something by subjection to the action of heat or of an agent that burns: as
a. : the cutting or wearing caused by friction (as from blown sand); especially : the roughening or discoloration of material from heat produced in machining or abrasive finishing
b. : vulcanization by heat
c. : a withered brownish appearance of foliage (as in hopperburn or tipburn)
4. obsolete : an inflammatory disease; especially : a venereal disease |