catch fire
英 [kætʃ ˈfaɪə(r)]
美 [kætʃ ˈfaɪər]
激动人心;赢得成功; 着火;起火;开始燃烧
英英释义
verb
- start to burn or burst into flames
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
双语例句
- But his movie career falled to catch fire.
但他的电影事业始终未能燃起火焰。 - When the restaurant catch fire, the diner run into the street.
当餐厅著火时，食客们跑到了大街上。 - Apple is recalling nearly two million SONY-built notebook batteries. That's because they could overheat and catch fire.
苹果电脑将要回近200万索尼制造的笔记本电池。那是因为他们将过热和着火。 - Things here catch fire easily.
这里的东西容易着火。 - This bookcase is so old and useless that you might as well chop it up for firewood. We collected sticks to boil our kettle, but they were damp and would not catch fire.
这个书架既陈旧又没用，你不妨把它劈了作柴烧。我们拾柴烧水，但是柴太湿了，烧不起来。 - On the other hand, at greater distances, only those most easily ignitable will catch fire.
另一方面，在距离较远的地方，只有那些容易燃烧的材料才会着火。 - These timber houses are an absolute death trap if they catch fire.
这些木屋万一着火，真是死路一条。 - As the wood is wet, it won't catch fire.
木头是湿的，点不着。 - It was the dry season and everything was ready to catch fire.
这时正是旱季，什么东西都容易着火。 - Pip rescues her when her clothes catch fire but she is badly burned and later dies.
当她的衣服着火时，皮普试图营救她可是没有成功，她被烧死了。