英语单词 | fiery |
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英美音标 | 英 ['faɪəri] 美 ['faɪəri] |
中文释义 | adj.火的;炽热的;激烈的;暴躁的;辛辣的 |
英语例句 | (1) The paper would shrivel and blaze at every touch of the fiery pen. (2) The darkskinned sorceress turned her fiery gaze on a massive chest positioned in one corner of the garish tent. (3) She gave vent to her indignation in a fiery speech. (4) No one dare to offend the fiery person. (5) Johnny gulped down the yellow fiery liquid and held out his glass to be refilled. |
中文例句 | (1) 每当那炽热的笔尖落下纸张会皱起,燃烧。 (2) 深色皮肤的女法师把炽热的目光投向置于这花哨帐篷一角的巨大箱子。 (3) 她在一篇激烈的演说中发泄怒气。 (4) 没人敢惹这个脾气急躁的人。 (5) 约翰尼大口吞下这黄色的火辣液体,又伸出他的玻璃杯再被添满。 |
vocabulary简明 | When something is very hot or intense, it's fiery. That could mean a forest fire or a fiery temper. |
vocabulary扩展 | Any time there's fire, you have a fiery situation. This word applies to a lot more than flames, though. If you lose your temper easily, you may be called hot-headed or fiery. An intense argument — with two people yelling and carrying on — could be called fiery. Any kind of intense emotion or passion is fiery. If you're a cool customer, you're not very fiery. Also, you could say that hot Indian curry or spicy chicken wings are fiery. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]熊熊燃烧的;含火的 If you describe something as fiery, you mean that it is burning strongly or contains fire. [usu ADJ n] [LITERARY 文]
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](颜色)火一般的,如火的 You can use fiery for emphasis when you are referring to bright colours such as red or orange. [usu ADJ n] [emphasis] [LITERARY 文]
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](食物或饮料)辛辣的,刺激的 If you describe food or drink as fiery, you mean that it has a very strong hot or spicy taste. [usu ADJ n] [WRITTEN 笔语]
4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](感情、尤指愤怒)激烈的,暴烈的 If you describe someone as fiery, you mean that they express very strong emotions, especially anger, in their behaviour or speech. [usu ADJ n] [WRITTEN 笔语]
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