| 正面 | 12898.wildfire 英 ['waɪl(d)faɪə]美 ['waɪldfaɪɚ]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. ton- "thunder" 与 thunder 同源。2. ton- "thunder" => thun- "thunder" + -d- (intrusive -d-) + -er.3. 谐音“闪的、声大”。n. 火灾；磷火，鬼火；散布极快的事物 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。 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."" |