fire-eater

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A performer who pretends to swallow fire.
  2. A quarrelsome or belligerent person. figuratively
    — "But he is a regular fire eater!" "He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold. "That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe."
  3. An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War. US,historical
    — Frustrated in their attempts to change the law, fire-eaters turned their efforts to breaking it.

词形变化

fire-eaters plural fire eater alternative fireeater alternative
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