burn

burn out

To stop burning from lack of fuel.

烧尽，烧光：因缺乏燃料而停止燃烧

To wear out or make or become inoperative as a result of heat or friction

烧坏：因为热或摩擦而耗尽或变得不能工作

The short circuit burned out the fuse.

短路烧坏了导线

To cause (a property owner or a resident) to have to evacuate the premises because of fire

烧掉…的家，烧火把…赶出：因为火灾而使得（财产所有者或居民）不得不疏散财产或从地产中撤离

The shopkeeper was burned out by arsonists.

店主被纵火犯逐出商店

To make or become exhausted, especially as a result of long-term stress

使疲惫不堪：使变得或变得精疲力尽，尤指因长期地压迫

“Hours are long, stress is high, and many recruits drop out or burn out”(&b{Robert J. Samuelson})

“时间长，压力大，许多新会员已弃权或疲倦不堪”(&b{罗伯特J.塞缪尔森})

burn up

To make angry

使生气，使发怒

Their rudeness really burns me up.

他们的无礼真的让我生气

To travel over or through at high speed

飞驰，飞奔：以高速跨越或穿过

drag racers burning up the track.

正在跑道上飞驰的高速赛车

be burned at the stake

(historical)be executed by being tied to a stake and being publicly burned alive, typically for alleged heresy or witchcraft

(史)施火刑

burn one's boats (或 bridges)

do something which makes it impossible to return to an earlier state

破釜沉舟

burn the candle at both ends

go to bed late and get up early

晚睡早起；超负荷工作

burn (北美亦作lay) rubber

(informal)drive very quickly

(非正式)飞速驾车

go for the burn

(informal)push one's body to the extremes when doing physical exercise

(非正式)（运动时躯体）伸展到极限

a slow burn

(informal)a state of slowly mounting anger or annoyance

(非正式)怒火慢慢腾起

the medical community's shrugging acceptance is fuelling a slow burn among women.

医疗界接纳女性时的勉强态度逐渐引起了她们的愤怒。

with money burning in a hole of one's pocket

having a strong urge to spend money as soon as one receives it

有钱就想花；大手大脚

burn something down (或 burn down)

(of a building or structure) destroy or be destroyed completely by fire

（建筑物）（被）焚为平地，烧得精光

burn something in/into

brand or imprint by burning

打烙印

designs are burnt into the skin.

把图案烙进皮肤。

a childhood incident that was burnt into her memory.

深深印在她记忆中的一件童年往事。

burn something off

remove a substance using heat

烧掉某物

using a blowlamp to burn off the paint.

用喷灯把油漆烧掉。

burn oneself out

ruin one's health or become completely exhausted through overwork

积劳成疾；（超时工作而）把身体搞坏

burn someone out

make someone homeless by destroying their home by fire

（用火烧毁某人的房屋）使某人无家可归

Catholics and Protestants were &B{burned out} of their homes.

天主教徒和新教徒家被烧了，已都无家可归。