burn up

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Misspelling of burnup. alt-of,misspelling
动词 v.
  1. To catch fire and burn until destroyed. intransitive
    — Near-synonyms: go up in smoke; see also Thesaurus:combust
  2. To destroy by burning. transitive
    — Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.
  3. To anger; to annoy. transitive
    — Near-synonyms: incense; see also Thesaurus:enrage, Thesaurus:annoy
  4. To be angry or annoyed. intransitive
    — One morning […] we stood around the office talking and laughing, having a good time, when one man, Tim, made a job ^([sic]) about "fags." Right then we had to leave, and soon we were warming up our cars on the street. Naturally I was burning up about the comment, and decided to do something about it, though even as I got out of my car to walk up to Tim's, I wasn't sure what.
  5. To be or feel overly hot or inflamed. intransitive
    — Near-synonyms: steam, swelter
  6. To be or feel overly hot or inflamed.; To experience a high fever. intransitive,specifically
    — She felt the child's forehead and discovered that he was burning up!
  7. To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed. dated
  8. To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly. intransitive

词形变化

burns up present,singular,third-person burning up participle,present burned up participle,past burned up past burnt up participle,past burnt up past

词源

词源 1
From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).
词源 2
From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).
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