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English Fiery Fire Middle 7972.Fiery 英 Faɪərɪ]美 Faɪəri

正面 7972.fiery
英 ['faɪərɪ]美 ['faɪəri]

背面
释义:
adj. 热烈的,炽烈的;暴躁的;燃烧般的
例句:
1. A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo.一架直升机在瓦列霍爆炸起火并坠毁。

1. fire => fiery.
fiery 火一样的来自fire的古英语形容词。
fiery (adj.)late 13c., "flaming, full of fire," from Middle English fier "fire" (see fire (n.)) + -y (2). The spelling is a relic of one of the attempts to render Old English "y" in fyr in a changing system of vowel sounds. Other Middle English spellings include firi, furi, fuiri, vuiri, feri. From c. 1400 as "blazing red." Of persons, from late 14c. Related: Fieriness. As adjectives Old English had fyrbære "fiery, fire-bearing;" fyren "of fire, fiery, on fire;" fyrenful; fyrhat "hot as fire.""

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