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（使东西着火） burn
Wood burns better [more easily] when dry.
干柴好烧。
The woodshed burned down in half an hour.
那间柴屋只半个小时就给烧光了。
The invaders burned, killed and looted wherever they went.
侵略军到处烧杀抢掠。
They are burning off the stubble in the fields.
他们正在烧掉地里的残茬。
Let's burn up all this waste paper.
咱们把这些废纸烧掉吧。
The whole village was burnt down by the enemy troops.
整个村子都被敌军烧掉了。
（加热或接触某些化学药品、放射性物质等使物体起变化） cook; bake; heat
cook food; prepare a meal
烧饭
make charcoal
烧炭
heat up some water
烧一点水
bake [fire] bricks
烧砖
Make sure this meat cooks for at least an hour.
烧这肉一定不能少于一小时。
The water is boiling.
水烧开了。
The acid has burnt a hole in my jacket.
这种酸把我的上衣烧了一个窟窿。
（烹调方法， 先用油炸， 再加汤汁来炒或炖， 或先煮熟再用油炸） stew after frying or fry after stewing
pork stewed in soy sauce
红烧肉
stewed eggplant
烧茄子
（烹调方法， 烤） roast
roast chicken
烧鸡
（发烧） run a fever; have a temperature
The patient's running a high fever.; The patient has a high temperature.
病人烧得厉害。
He had [ran] a temperature for three days.
他已烧了3天了。
[名]
（比正常体温高的体温） fever
a high fever
高烧
run a fever
发烧
The fever is down.
烧退了。