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

• That's because they could overheat and catch fire. The recall comes just days after Dell recalled batteries for the same problem.
  这是因为这些电池可能导致机器过热并起火。此次召回接应了此前戴尔公司对同样问题电池的召回。
• 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。
• These timber houses are an absolute death trap if they catch fire.
  这些木屋万一着火，真是死路一条。
• 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。
• The song failed to catch fire.
  这首歌没火起来。
• It was the dry season and everything was ready to catch fire.
  这时正是旱季，什么东西都容易着火。
• 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。
• But his movie career falled to catch fire.
  但他的电影事业始终未能燃起火焰。
• Pip rescues her when her clothes catch fire but she is badly burned and later dies.
  当她的衣服着火时，皮普试图营救她可是没有成功，她被烧死了。
• 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。