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单词 wildfire
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wild•fire /ˈwaɪldˌfaɪr/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a large fire that spreads rapidly and is hard to put out.
Idioms
  1. like wildfire, very rapidly and with unchecked force:The rumor spread like wildfire.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wild•fire  (wīldər′),USA pronunciation 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.
  3. Meteorologysheet lightning, unaccompanied by thunder.
  4. Meteorologythe ignis fatuus or a similar light.
  5. Plant Diseasesa disease of tobacco and soybeans, characterized by brown, necrotic spots, each surrounded by a yellow band, on the leaves and caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas tabaci.
  6. Pathologyerysipelas or some similar disease.
  • Middle English wildefire, Old English wildfȳr. See wild, fire bef. 1000

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wildfire /ˈwaɪldˌfaɪə/ n
  1. a highly flammable material, such as Greek fire, formerly used in warfare
  2. a raging and uncontrollable fire
  3. anything that is disseminated quickly (esp in the phrase spread like wildfire)
  4. another name for will-o'-the-wisp
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