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（使東西著火） burn
Wood burns better [more easily] when dry.
干柴好燒。
The woodshed burned down in half an hour.
那間柴屋只半個小時就給燒光了。
The invaders burned, killed and looted wherever they went.
侵略軍到處燒殺搶掠。
They are burning off the stubble in the fields.
他們正在燒掉地里的殘茬。
Let's burn up all this waste paper.
咱們把這些廢紙燒掉吧。
The whole village was burnt down by the enemy troops.
整個村子都被敵軍燒掉了。
（加熱或接觸某些化學藥品、放射性物質等使物體起變化） cook; bake; heat
cook food; prepare a meal
燒飯
make charcoal
燒炭
heat up some water
燒一點水
bake [fire] bricks
燒磚
Make sure this meat cooks for at least an hour.
燒這肉一定不能少于一小時。
The water is boiling.
水燒開了。
The acid has burnt a hole in my jacket.
這種酸把我的上衣燒了一個窟窿。
（烹調方法， 先用油炸， 再加湯汁來炒或燉， 或先煮熟再用油炸） stew after frying or fry after stewing
pork stewed in soy sauce
紅燒肉
stewed eggplant
燒茄子
（烹調方法， 烤） roast
roast chicken
燒雞
（發燒） run a fever; have a temperature
The patient's running a high fever.; The patient has a high temperature.
病人燒得厲害。
He had [ran] a temperature for three days.
他已燒了3天了。
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（比正常體溫高的體溫） fever
a high fever
高燒
run a fever
發燒
The fever is down.
燒退了。