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This flashcard defines "wildfire" as a fire that starts and spreads quickly in a wild area, causing damage. It also includes the idiom "spreads like wildfire" to describe something spreading extremely rapidly.

This flashcard defines "wildfire" as a fire that starts and spreads quickly in a wild area, causing damage. It also includes the idiom "spreads like wildfire" to describe something spreading extremely rapidly.

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wildfire
/wa͟ɪldfaɪə(r)/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]野火 A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.
  • ...a wildfire in Montana that's already burned thousands of acres of rich grassland.

    已经烧掉成千公顷丰饶草场的蒙大拿野火

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[PHRASE 短语](消息或谣言等)迅速传播 If something, especially news or a rumour, spreads like wildfire, it spreads extremely quickly.
  [V inflects]
  • These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.

    这些谣言迅速传遍了整座城市。


Oxford wild·fire / ˈwaɪldfaɪə(r) ; NAmE ˈwaɪldfaɪər / noun [uncountable ] IDIOMsee
spread
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wild·fire / ˈwaɪldfaɪə(r) ; NAmE ˈwaɪldfaɪər /
LDC
wildfirewild‧fire /ˈwaɪldfaɪə $ -faɪr/ noun [countable, uncountable] especially American English
Examples
Collocations
a fire that moves quickly and cannot be controlled → spread like wildfire
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wildfire

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野火(77%),磷火(11%),燃烧剂(7%),散布极快的事物(5%)
n.火灾;磷火,鬼火;散布极快的事物

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