fire

fire /ˈfaiə/ I. n.1.［u］火: There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。Don’t play with fire. 不要玩火。 (be) on fire着火，起火：The house is on fire. 房子着火了。catch fire着火：The room caught fire. 房间着火了。play with fire玩火（见play条）(come) under fire遭遇批评：The government has come under fire for its decision to close the mines. 政府由于决定关闭矿井而遭遇批评。set sth. on fire/set fire to sth.使燃烧，点燃：A burning cigarette set the house on fire/set fire to the house. 一支燃烧的香烟使房子着了火。2.［c］炉火: Put the pot on the camp fire. 把锅放在篝火上。3.［c］火灾: There was a big fire in the next street last night. 昨晚邻街失了大火。light a fire 点火：He usually lights a fire and cooks at five in the morning. 他通常早晨五点钟点火做饭。 make a fire生火：It’s his duty to make a fire. 该轮到他生火了。‖II. vt. & vi. 1.射击，开火：He fired three shots at the wolf. 他对着狼打了三枪。If you come any nearer, I will fire.你再走近点，我就开枪了。2.解雇，开除：They asked the manager to fire Smith.他们要经理解雇史密斯。

［辨析］fire为普通用语，指某物燃烧时发出的火焰、火光， 可指大火，也可指小火。flame也为普通用语，可指一团孤立的小火，但多用复数形式表示火光闪闪、火势蔓延。blaze⁶指熊熊烈焰、火势凶猛。