burning

adj.

1. 强烈的；极度的
   very strong; extreme
   1. a burning desire to win
      取胜的迫切愿望
   2. He's always had a burning ambition to start his own business.
      他总是雄心勃勃地想自己创业。
2. 很重要的迫切问题；当务之急
   a very important and urgent problem
3. 强烈的；火辣辣的
   very strong and giving a feeling of burning
4. 炽热的；（看似或感觉）热辣辣的
   very hot; looking and feeling very hot
   1. the burning sun
      灼热的太阳
   2. her burning face
      她的热辣辣的脸
5. 紧盯着看的眼睛；热切的目光
   eyes that seem to be staring at you very hard

adv.

1. 灼热地
   very hot

1. ADJ 灼热的；炙热的
   You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
   1. ...the burning desert of Central Asia.
      炙热的中亚沙漠
   2. Burning is also an adverb.
      
   3. He touched the boy's forehead. It was burning hot.
      他摸了摸男孩的额头，烧得烫手。
2. ADJ 热烈的；热切的；强烈的
   If you say that someone has burning eyes, you mean they look at you in an intense way or have bright eyes because of a strong feeling.
   1. She glared at both of them with burning, reproachful eyes.
      她瞪着他们俩，目光中充满怒火和责备。
3. ADJ （兴趣）浓厚的；（欲望）强烈的
   If you have a burning interest in something or a burning desire to do something, you are extremely interested in it or want to do it very much.
   1. I had a burning ambition to become a journalist.
      我热切期盼成为一名记者。
   2. She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.
      她复仇心切。
4. ADJ-GRADED 急迫的；重要的
   A burning issue or question is a very important or urgent one that people feel very strongly about.
   1. The burning question in this year's debate over the federal budget is: whose taxes should be raised?
      今年联邦财政预算辩论中的一个重要问题就是：哪些人的纳税额应该提高？

1. Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city
   市中心的火势失去了控制。
2. When I arrived one of the vehicles was still burning.
   当我到达时，其中一辆车还在燃烧。
3. That boy was rescued from a burning house.
   那个男孩被人从失火的房子中救了出来。
4. She glared at both of them with burning, reproachful eyes.
   她瞪着他们俩，目光中充满怒火和责备。
5. I had a burning ambition to become a journalist.
   我热切期盼成为一名记者。
6. She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.
   她复仇心切。
7. The burning question in this year's debate over the federal budget is: whose taxes should be raised?
   今年联邦财政预算辩论中的一个重要问题就是：哪些人的纳税额应该提高？
8. They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it.
   他们通过把木材埋到地下缓慢燃烧来获取木炭。
9. The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison
   相比之下，人类活动燃烧煤、石油等所释放的二氧化碳要少一些。
10. Recycling the waste from our increased consumption is better than burning it.
    对我们增加消费产生的垃圾进行回收要好过将其焚烧。
11. The fire is burning out of control
    熊熊燃烧的大火正在失去控制。
12. Chantal kept a fire burning night and day
    尚塔尔让一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃着。
13. Burning embers started dropping from the ceiling
    余火未尽的木块开始从天花板上往下掉。
14. The burning liquid hit him full in the right eye
    滚烫的液体正好溅进了他的右眼。
15. If you smell gas fumes or burning, take the car to your mechanic
    如果你闻见汽油冒烟或燃烧的异味，应把车送修。
16. A workman was plucked from the roof of a burning power station by a police helicopter
    一名工人被警用直升机从着火电站的屋顶上救了出来。
17. Mrs Malone took up the poker and stirred at the little fire burning beside her.
    马隆夫人拿起拨火棒，拨弄了一下身旁燃烧着的小火。
18. Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building
    直升机从失火大楼的楼顶救出了将近20人。
19. A schoolgirl rushed into a burning flat to save a man's life
    一位女学生冲进起火的公寓里去救一名男子。
20. He stumbled through smoke and fumes given off from her burning sofa to pull her to safety
    她的沙发着火了，他冒着浓烟跌跌撞撞地把她拉到安全的地方。
21. He employed a scorched-earth policy, destroying villages and burning crops.
    他采取了焦土政策，摧毁了村庄，烧掉了庄稼。
22. They took to the streets, setting up roadblocks of burning tyres
    他们走上街头，用点燃的轮胎设置路障。
23. The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph crash
    汽车在时速为200英里时发生撞车，炸成了数以千计燃烧的碎片。
24. It's the first time I, a fair-skinned, freckly type, have sailed in the sun without burning
    身为那种皮肤白皙而又长雀斑的人，这是我第一次在阳光下航行而没有被晒伤。
25. The sun's ultraviolet rays are responsible for both tanning and burning.
    阳光中的紫外线是皮肤晒黑和灼伤的根源。
26. The tanks left burning vehicles in their wake as they ploughed through makeshift barricades.
    坦克冲过临时搭建的路障，所过之处留下了燃烧的车辆。
27. Mark was dragged from the burning wreckage of his car.
    马克被人从他着火的汽车残骸中拉了出来。
28. She was rescued from a burning building.
    她被从着火的大楼里救了出来。
29. They are burning off the stubble in the fields.
    他们正在烧掉地里的残茬。
30. The rice is burning.
    饭烧焦了。

noun

1. the act of burning something
   1. the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance

   Synonym:    combustion

2. a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

3. execution by fire

   Synonym:    burning at the stake

4. execution by electricity

   Synonym:    electrocution

5. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

   Synonym:    combustion

6. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

   Synonym:    burn