fiery
英 ['faɪərɪ]
美 ['faɪəri]
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1. fire => fiery.
中文詞源
英文詞源
- fiery (adj.)
- late 13c., "flaming, full of fire," from Middle English fier "fire" (see fire (n.)) + -y (2). The spelling is a relic of one of the attempts to render Old English "y" in fyr in a changing system of vowel sounds. Other Middle English spellings include firi, furi, fuiri, vuiri, feri. From c. 1400 as "blazing red." Of persons, from late 14c. Related: Fieriness. As adjectives Old English had fyrbære "fiery, fire-bearing;" fyren "of fire, fiery, on fire;" fyrenful; fyrhat "hot as fire."
雙語例句
- 1. A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo.
- 一架直升機在瓦列霍爆炸起火並墜毀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.
- 言辭激烈的右翼領袖在會後收斂了他的好戰言論。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming.
- 那是一首夾雜著撩撥的吉他聲和密集的鼓點的激情四射的歌曲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Both women have dramatic dark looks and, reputedly, fiery temperaments.
- 兩個女人都皮膚黝黑，據說，脾氣也很火暴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He's got that fiery temper which scares the whatsit out of everybody.
- 他有一副能把所有人都嚇得那個什麽滾什麽流的火爆脾氣。
來自柯林斯例句