| 单词 | backfire |
| 释义 | backfire /bak"fuyeur'/, v. , backfired, backfiring, n. v.i. 1. (of an internal-combustion engine) to have a loud, premature explosion in the intake manifold. 2. to bring a result opposite to that which was planned or expected: The plot backfired. 3. to start a fire deliberately in order to check a forest or prairie fire by creating a barren area in advance of it. n. 4. (in an internal-combustion engine) premature ignition of fuel in the intake manifold. 5. an explosion coming out of the breech of a firearm. 6. a fire started intentionally to check the advance of a forest or prairie fire. [1775-85, Amer.; BACK2 + FIRE] Syn. 2. miscarry, boomerang; flop, bomb, wash out. |
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