| 正面 | 10838.backfire 英 [bæk'faɪə]美 ['bæk'faɪr]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. ring => rink.2. 即该词由ring变体并引申而来，ring的本意含有表示绕圈子竞技的地方、圆形场地、圆形表演场(或竞技场等)、竞技场等含义，变体后引申为：溜冰场。vi. 放出逆火；预先放火；产生出乎意料及事与愿违的结果n. 逆火，回火 例句： 1. The President's tactics could backfire.总统的策略可能会适得其反。 backfire (n.)1839, American English, originally "a fire deliberately lit ahead of an advancing prairie fire to deprive it of fuel," from back (adj.) + fire (n.). As a verb in this sense, recorded from 1886. The meaning "premature ignition in an internal-combustion engine" is first recorded 1897. Of schemes, plans, etc., "to affect the initiator rather than the intended object" it is attested from 1912, a figurative use from the accidental back-firing of firearms." |