burn的用法?
的有关信息介绍如下:burn的用法与语法
1. 可用作及物或不及物动词:
He burned her letter. 他把她的信烧了。
The tea is very hot, and don’t burn you mouth. 茶很烫,不要烫伤了嘴巴。
Paper burns easily. 纸容易燃烧。
The meat has burnt. 肉煮糊了。
有时可指“灯亮” :
All the lights are burning. 所有的灯都亮着。
2. 有时用于引申义,表示“有某种强烈的情绪”或“迫切想要”,多用于进行时态:
He was burning with anger. 他怒气冲天。
She was burning to buy a computer. 他很想买台电脑。
3. 构成被动语态时,除可用 be burned 外,有时也用 get burned 的形式:
He was thus burned to death by the enemy. 他就这样被敌人活活地烧死了。
The pudding got burned. 布丁煮糊了。
4. 关于 burned 与 burnt:
(1) 美国英语通常只用 burned, 只是在用作定语时才用 burnt:
He burned his hand on a hot stove. 他的手在炉子上烫伤了。
The house was burned to the ground. 这座房子被烧成灰烬了。
Look at the burnt sugar. 瞧这烧焦了的糖。
(2) 英国英语通常分两种情况:
用作不及物动词用时用burned;用作及物动词时用burnt:
The fire burned brightly. 火烧得很亮。
I’ve burnt the dinner. 我把饭煮糊了。
burn down意为“烧毁”,通常是指建筑物被完全烧塌。如:
(1)The school building was burned down in that big fire.
在那场大火中,学校大楼被烧毁。
(2)The whole village was burned down by the enemy.
整个村庄都被敌人烧毁了。
【注】burn down作“烧毁”解释时,也可以用作不及物动词。如:
(3)The woodshed burned down in half an hour.
木棚半小时内被烧毁。
【注】burn down还有“火势减弱”之意。如:
(4)The fire has burned down to a spark.
火已减弱,仅剩一点火星。
▲burn up也有“烧毁”“烧掉”之意,但一般不是指建筑物。如:
(5)Let’s burn up all this waste paper.
咱们把这些废纸都烧掉吧。
(6)The fire burned up more than $ 500,000 worth of antiques.
这场火烧掉了价值50多万美元的古董。
(7)All his books were burned up in the fire.
他所有的书都在这场火灾中被焚。
(8)Fires burned up 1,800 acres of timber.
大火烧毁了1800英亩的木料。
【注】burn up还有“烧旺”“烧起来”之意。如:
(9)Please put some wood on the fire and make it burn up.
请在火上加些木料使它烧旺。
【注】burn up亦可作“用光体力”解释。如:
(10)His work burned him up. 他的工作使他精疲力尽。
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