catch fire

英 [kætʃ ˈfaɪə(r)]

美 [kætʃ ˈfaɪər]

激动人心;赢得成功; 着火;起火;开始燃烧

英英释义

verb

• start to burn or burst into flames
  1. Marsh gases ignited suddenly
  2. The oily rags combusted spontaneously
  Synonym:eruptignitetake firecombustconflagrate

双语例句

• Apple is recalling nearly two million SONY-built notebook batteries. That's because they could overheat and catch fire.
  苹果电脑将要回近200万索尼制造的笔记本电池。那是因为他们将过热和着火。
• But then a tank could catch fire only if an enemy shell hit the engine, with the fuel tank next to it.
  除非敌人的炮弹命中发动机，而油箱又恰巧在一旁，否则坦克不会着火的。
• Is it that Samsung devices rarely catch fire?
  是不是三星的设备很少会自燃？
• The papers in the waste paper basket catch fire.
  在废纸篓中的纸着火。
• I told you, it doesn't catch fire.
  我告诉过你，它不会着火。
• The fuel's size also affects how easily it will catch fire.
  燃料的尺寸也影响产生火的难易度。
• This bookcase is so old and useless that you might as well chop it up for firewood. We collected sticks to boil our kettle, but they were damp and would not catch fire.
  这个书架既陈旧又没用，你不妨把它劈了作柴烧。我们拾柴烧水，但是柴太湿了，烧不起来。
• Early autumn such as tiger, extremely hot catch fire.
  早秋如老虎，酷热起火灾。
• Houses rarely catch fire, but few would question the wisdom of buying cheap smoke alarms.
  房屋很少失火，但没人反对花一点小钱购买烟雾报警器。
• On the other hand, at greater distances, only those most easily ignitable will catch fire.
  另一方面，在距离较远的地方，只有那些容易燃烧的材料才会着火。