fiery
英 ['faɪərɪ]
美 ['faɪəri]
助记提示
1. fire => fiery.
中文词源
英文词源
- fiery (adj.)
- late 13c., "flaming, full of fire," from Middle English fier "fire" (see fire (n.)) + -y (2). The spelling is a relic of one of the attempts to render Old English "y" in fyr in a changing system of vowel sounds. Other Middle English spellings include firi, furi, fuiri, vuiri, feri. From c. 1400 as "blazing red." Of persons, from late 14c. Related: Fieriness. As adjectives Old English had fyrbære "fiery, fire-bearing;" fyren "of fire, fiery, on fire;" fyrenful; fyrhat "hot as fire."
双语例句
- 1. A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo.
- 一架直升机在瓦列霍爆炸起火并坠毁。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.
- 言辞激烈的右翼领袖在会后收敛了他的好战言论。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming.
- 那是一首夹杂着撩拨的吉他声和密集的鼓点的激情四射的歌曲。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Both women have dramatic dark looks and, reputedly, fiery temperaments.
- 两个女人都皮肤黝黑，据说，脾气也很火暴。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He's got that fiery temper which scares the whatsit out of everybody.
- 他有一副能把所有人都吓得那个什么滚什么流的火爆脾气。
来自柯林斯例句