burning

英 [ˈbɜːnɪŋ]

美 [ˈbɜːrnɪŋ]

adj.  强烈的; 极度的; 很重要的迫切问题; 当务之急; 火辣辣的
adv.  灼热地
v.  燃烧; 烧; 着火; 烧着; (使)烧毁，烧坏，烧伤，烧死
burn的现在分词

现在分词：burning　复数：burnings　

TOEFL

Collins.2 / BNC.4690 / COCA.4041

牛津词典

adj.

• 强烈的；极度的
  very strong; extreme
  1. a burning desire to win
     取胜的迫切愿望
  2. He's always had a burning ambition to start his own business.
     他总是雄心勃勃地想自己创业。
• 很重要的迫切问题；当务之急
  a very important and urgent problem
• 强烈的；火辣辣的
  very strong and giving a feeling of burning
• 炽热的；（看似或感觉）热辣辣的
  very hot; looking and feeling very hot
  1. the burning sun
     灼热的太阳
  2. her burning face
     她的热辣辣的脸
• 紧盯着看的眼睛；热切的目光
  eyes that seem to be staring at you very hard

adv.

• 灼热地
  very hot

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 灼热的；炙热的
  You useburningto describe something that is extremely hot.
  1. ...the burning desert of Central Asia.
     炙热的中亚沙漠
  2. Burningis also an adverb.
     
  3. He touched the boy's forehead. It was burning hot.
     他摸了摸男孩的额头，烧得烫手。
• ADJ 热烈的；热切的；强烈的
  If you say that someone hasburningeyes, you mean they look at you in an intense way or have bright eyes because of a strong feeling.
  1. She glared at both of them with burning, reproachful eyes.
     她瞪着他们俩，目光中充满怒火和责备。
• ADJ （兴趣）浓厚的；（欲望）强烈的
  If you have aburninginterest in something or aburningdesire to do something, you are extremely interested in it or want to do it very much.
  1. I had a burning ambition to become a journalist.
     我热切期盼成为一名记者。
  2. She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.
     她复仇心切。
• ADJ-GRADED 急迫的；重要的
  Aburningissue or question is a very important or urgent one that people feel very strongly about.
  1. The burning question in this year's debate over the federal budget is: whose taxes should be raised?
     今年联邦财政预算辩论中的一个重要问题就是：哪些人的纳税额应该提高？

英英释义

noun

• the act of burning something
  1. the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance
  Synonym:combustion
• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
• execution by fire
  Synonym:burning at the stake
• execution by electricity
  Synonym:electrocution
• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
  Synonym:combustion
• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
  Synonym:burn

双语例句

• Burning embers started dropping from the ceiling
  余火未尽的木块开始从天花板上往下掉。
• They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it.
  他们通过把木材埋到地下缓慢燃烧来获取木炭。
• They took to the streets, setting up roadblocks of burning tyres
  他们走上街头，用点燃的轮胎设置路障。
• The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph crash
  汽车在时速为200英里时发生撞车，炸成了数以千计燃烧的碎片。
• He employed a scorched-earth policy, destroying villages and burning crops.
  他采取了焦土政策，摧毁了村庄，烧掉了庄稼。
• It's the first time I, a fair-skinned, freckly type, have sailed in the sun without burning
  身为那种皮肤白皙而又长雀斑的人，这是我第一次在阳光下航行而没有被晒伤。
• Chantal kept a fire burning night and day
  尚塔尔让一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃着。
• Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building
  直升机从失火大楼的楼顶救出了将近20人。
• The sun's ultraviolet rays are responsible for both tanning and burning.
  阳光中的紫外线是皮肤晒黑和灼伤的根源。
• Recycling the waste from our increased consumption is better than burning it.
  对我们增加消费产生的垃圾进行回收要好过将其焚烧。