wildfire

[ˈwaɪldfaɪə(r)] [ˈwaɪldˌfaɪr]
  • 复数:wildfires;
  • 例句
    词组
    • spread like wildfire
      spread with great speed 如野火般曼延开来,很快传开
    英语六级真题
    • Uncommonly severe droughts brought on by global climate changes have led to forest-eating wildfires from Australia to Indonesia, but nowhere more acutely than in the Amazon.
      出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • N-COUNT
      野火
      A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.
      例句
      ...a wildfire in Montana that's already burned thousands of acres of rich grassland. 已经烧掉成千公顷丰饶草场的蒙大拿野火
    • PHRASE
      (消息或谣言等)迅速传播
      If something, especially news or a rumour, spreads like wildfire, it spreads extremely quickly.
      例句
      These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city. 这些谣言迅速传遍了整座城市。
    英汉词典释义
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration