燃烧的：burning词语精析

Max, oh honey , you're burning up.

——2 Broke Girls

Max, 宝贝儿，你发烧了！

——《破产姐妹》

一、下面我们来看看burning有几种含义

adj.

1.燃烧的，着火的 being on fire

He was kept from entering the burning house by his neighbors.

他的邻居阻止他进入熊熊燃烧的房子。

2.灼热的，炙热的 very hot; looking and feeling very hot

The monsignor made female converts with his burning eyes.

主教则用火热的眼睛来争取自己的女信徒。

3.热烈的，炽烈的，浓厚的，热切的，强烈的 very strong and giving a feeling of burning

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。

4.急迫的，重要的 very important and urgent

He was burning with impatience at all this waiting.

他等得心急火燎。

n.

燃烧 fire

The farmers compressed straw into blocks for burning.

农民们将干草压成块用来烧火。

v.

burn的现在分词；燃烧

Damn it! The rice is burning!

糟了，饭糊啦！

二、词义辨析：还有哪些单词能表示“热的”？

hot, warm, burning

这些形容词都有“热的”之意。hot最普通用词，指温度很高，往往有灼热、滚烫含义。warm通常指温度不太高，介于hot与cold之间，不太热也不太凉，给人以舒适感。burning暗示热源是火，多用于夸张，指像火烧一样热。

三、学会burning的用法了吗？来做个填词游戏

Smoke surged from the __________ building.浓烟从燃烧的大楼里滚滚涌出。