wildfire

英 [ˈwaɪldfaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈwaɪldfaɪər]

n.  野火

复数：wildfires　

BNC.33548 / COCA.12520

习惯用语

n.

spread like wildfire
• 像野火般蔓延；迅速传开
  to become known by more and more people very quickly

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 野火
  Awildfireis a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.
  1. ...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.
  1. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.
     这些谣言迅速传遍了整座城市。

英英释义

noun

• a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration

双语例句

• The new of assassination of President Lincoln spread like wildfire.
  林肯总统被刺杀的消息无径而走。
• Fire crews hope rain from the storm will help them battle the wildfire raging along the state's border.
  救火队希望暴风带来的雨可以帮助他们扑灭在州际边肆虐的大火。
• In2008, California faced one of its more dramatic growing seasons in years, with frost, heat waves and wildfire smoke.
  在2008年，加州面临的一个更引人注目的生长季节里，有霜冻，热浪和野火烟雾。
• A small but destructive wildfire tore through part of malibu, California late yesterday.
  昨晚在加利福尼亚，一个小范围的但极具破坏力的野火侵蚀了马里布的部分地区。
• The fine lines under my eyes are almost completely gone and my hair and nails are growing like wildfire.
  眼下的线纹几乎全部消失了，我的头发和指甲都开始重新生成。
• In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.
  在加利福尼亚州北部，一场野火产生的烟雾已扩散了200多英里。
• Over all India the word spread like wildfire.
  甘地遇刺的消息不胫而走，一下子传遍了整个印度。
• A wildfire that jumped containment lines in California came within a half mile of homes and ranches.
  烈火越过加利福尼亚州的控制线来到了半里以外的居民区和牧场。
• A few bad words or a couple of "horror stories" will spread like wildfire.
  有几个坏的话，或一对夫妇的“恐怖故事”将不胫而走。
• It must go rapidly like wildfire.
  那必须像野火一样快。