conflagrate

vi.燃烧,着火 vt.烧掉, 使燃烧起来

发音

US /ˈkɑn.flə.ɡreɪt/

词形变化

conflagrated conflagrates 三单 conflagrates conflagrating conflagrating 现在分词 conflagrated 过去式 conflagrated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To catch fire.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To set fire to something.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

ignite erupt kindle inflame catch fire combust enkindle take fire

上位词 3

turn light ignite

下位词 4

catch rekindle blow out light up

近义相关 2

burn combust

词源

First attested in 1657; borrowed from Latin cōnflāgrātus, perfect passive participial of cōnflāgrō (“to be consumed by fire; (rare) to set aflame”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

来源：wiktionary