fiery

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to fire.
  2. Burning or glowing.
    — Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
  3. Inflammable or easily ignited.
  4. Having the colour of fire.
  5. Hot or inflamed.
    — The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.
  6. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
    — a fiery temper
  7. Spirited or filled with emotion.
    — A fiery streak penetrates your skull, trying to force your eyes open. It's a sound. A clarion call from hell.
  8. Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.

词形变化

more fiery comparative fierier comparative most fiery superlative fieriest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
fierily fieriness fiery cross fiery minivet fiery searcher fiery serpent fiery skimmer fiery skipper fiery-tailed awlbill fiery-tongued unfiery

词源

From Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”), equivalent to fire + -y.
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