wildfire是什么意思
- 英式英标[\'waɪldfaɪɚ]
- 美式音标[\'waɪl(d)faɪə]
英文词源
- wildfire (n.)
- late Old English wilde fyr "destructive fire" (perhaps caused by lightning); also "erysipelas, spreading skin disease;" see from wild (adj.) + fire (n.). From c. 1300 as "Greek fire," also fire rained down from the sky as divine retribution. Figurative sense from late 14c. By 1795 as "sheet lightning."
实用例句
- 1. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.
- 这些谣言迅速传遍了整座城市。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The news spread like wildfire.
- 消息不胫而走.来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.
- 霍乱在营地里迅速传播.来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.
- 在加利福尼亚州北部，一场野火产生的烟雾已扩散了200多英里。来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The child was very amused by the wildfire outside of the windows.
- 这孩子对窗外的磷火极感兴趣.来自辞典例句
