燃燒的：burning詞語精析
Max, oh honey , you're burning up.
——2 Broke Girls
Max, 寶貝兒，你發燒了！
——《破產姐妹》
一、下面我們來看看burning有幾種含義
adj.
1.燃燒的，着火的 being on fire
He was kept from entering the burning house by his neighbors.
他的鄰居阻止他進入熊熊燃燒的房子。
2.灼熱的，炙熱的 very hot; looking and feeling very hot
The monsignor made female converts with his burning eyes.
主教則用火熱的眼睛來爭取自己的女信徒。
3.熱烈的，熾烈的，濃厚的，熱切的，強烈的 very strong and giving a feeling of burning
She glared at both of them with burning, reproachful eyes.
她瞪着他們倆，目光中充滿怒火和責備。
4.急迫的，重要的 very important and urgent
He was burning with impatience at all this waiting.
他等得心急火燎。
n.
燃燒 fire
The farmers compressed straw into blocks for burning.
農民們將乾草壓成塊用來燒火。
v.
burn的現在分詞；燃燒
Damn it! The rice is burning!
糟了，飯糊啦！
二、詞義辨析：還有哪些單詞能表示“熱的”？
hot, warm, burning
這些形容詞都有“熱的”之意。
hot最普通用詞，指溫度很高，往往有灼熱、滾燙含義。
warm通常指溫度不太高，介於
hot與cold之間，不太熱也不太涼，給人以舒適感。
burning暗示熱源是火，多用於誇張，指像火燒一樣熱。
三、學會burning的用法了嗎？來做個填詞遊戲
Smoke surged from the __________ building.
濃煙從燃燒的大樓裏滾滾涌出。
