brushfire

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which occurs in forests.
  2. A war that arises suddenly and is limited in scope or area. attributive,figuratively
    — It may be a brushfire operation or an operation on the scale of the Korean war; it will certainly not involve the home territories of the United States and Soviet Russia as theaters of hostilities.

词形变化

brushfires plural brush fire alternative brush-fire alternative

词源

From brush + fire.
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