-?When?I'm?king,?that'll?be?the?first?thing?to?go -?Not?so?long?as?I'm?around.?-?Well,?in?that?case,?you're?fired.

-?Nice?try,?but?only?the?king?can?do?that.

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一、你知道fire有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.火

They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky.

他們看見(jiàn)一道強(qiáng)光和一個(gè)巨大的火球沖向數(shù)百英尺的高空。

2.爐火

The light of the cheerful fire shone on the rug and carpet of a cosy parlor.

在一間暖和的客廳里，熊熊的爐火映射在地毯上。

3.火災(zāi)

?people died in a fire at the Happy Land Social Club.

人在樂(lè)土社交俱樂(lè)部的火災(zāi)中喪生。

4.熱情；激情

I went to hear him speak and was very impressed. He seemed so full of fire.

我去聽(tīng)了他的講話(huà)，結(jié)果留下了非常深刻的印象。他看上去充滿(mǎn)了激情。

5.磨難

She thinks that one will suffer fire and brimstone after death if he has done wrong.

她認(rèn)為一個(gè)人要是做壞事，死后就得遭受地獄里的磨難。

v.

1.點(diǎn)燃；使發(fā)光 [T]

The engine fired and we moved off.

點(diǎn)著引擎后我們就開(kāi)走了。

2.燒制 [T]

After the pot is dipped in this mixture, it is fired.

陶罐在這一混合料中浸過(guò)之后就拿去燒制。

3.激動(dòng)；激勵(lì)；充滿(mǎn)激情 [I,T]

The president knows his task is to fire up the delegates.

總統(tǒng)知道自己的任務(wù)就是喚起代表的熱情。

4.解雇；開(kāi)除 [T]

Henry had made his decision to fire me on impulse.

亨利作出解雇我的決定是憑一時(shí)沖動(dòng)行事。

5.著火 [I]

One day in2006, one villager's houses fired, they donated money to them for re-building houses.

在2006年的一天，一戶(hù)村民的房子著火了，他們捐款給他，幫助他重建房屋。

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二、詞義辨析：擦亮你的眼睛認(rèn)真辨別一下。

kindle, fire, ignite, light

這些動(dòng)詞均含“點(diǎn)燃、著火”之意。

kindle指艱難或緩慢地把可燃料點(diǎn)燃，可用于比喻。

fire普通用詞，指將某物點(diǎn)燃使其燃燒起來(lái)，火勢(shì)可大可小。

ignite多用于科技文體，指使某物受熱直到燃燒或發(fā)光，也可指用火花使易燃物迅速燃燒起來(lái)。

light普通用詞，指點(diǎn)燃易燃物，使其能發(fā)光，滿(mǎn)足各種需要。

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三、含有fire的常見(jiàn)短語(yǔ)

ball of fire

精力充沛的人,很能干的人

beacon fire

烽火,信號(hào)篝火

catch fire

著火

fire alarm

n.火警,報(bào)火機(jī),警鐘

四，學(xué)會(huì)fire的用法了嗎？一起做個(gè)填詞題吧！