fireworks

CET-4 大学 FREQ #5789

n. 烟火, 激烈争论 [化] 焰火

发音

UK /ˈfaɪ̯.ə.wɜːks/
AU
US /ˈfaɪ̯.ɚ.wɝks/

词形变化

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教材释义与例句

名词

烟火, 激烈争论

名词

焰火

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of firework.

  2. 2.

    An event or a display where fireworks are set off.

    烟火

    花炮

    烟花

    仅复数
  3. 3.

    A boisterous or violent event or situation.

    比喻 仅复数

    I left the room after John came home drunk but before the fireworks went off.

相关短语

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词源

From fire + work(s). The similarity with Dutch vuurwerk and German Feuerwerk, both “fireworks”, is hardly coincidental. Since the word was apparently first attested in English circa 1575, probably from the Dutch (1540), from the German (sense early 16th c.), from Middle High German viurwerc (14th c. as “fuel, firewood”). A spread from the south northwards is also in line with the fact that the first European fireworks were produced in Italy in the late 14th century.

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