- 1（字面）炙熱、著火的；（性格）火爆的；（食物）辛辣的
Fiery describes something that's like fire — either literally full of flames, like a fiery crash, or feeling like fire in some other way. Food can be fiery if it's extremely spicy. A person can have a fiery temper, meaning they get angry fast and strongly. A fiery speech is one given with a lot of passion and strong feeling, almost burning with energy.
core核心畫面
組成fire + -y — the "-y" ending means "full of" or "like," the same pattern as "rain → rainy."
同家族的字
- firethe base word — fiery simply means "full of fire" or "like fire"
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fieryadj/ˈfaɪəɹi/
- 1
Of or relating to fire.
- 2
Burning or glowing.
- Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
- 3
Inflammable or easily ignited.
- 4
Having the colour of fire.
- 5
Hot or inflamed.
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.
- A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. A non-vegetarian version of the “meals” can be found in “Military” hotels.
- 6
Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
- a fiery temper
- 7
Spirited or filled with emotion.
- A fiery streak penetrates your skull, trying to force your eyes open. It's a sound. A clarion call from hell.
- 8
Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。