spitfire
英 ['spɪtfaɪə]
美['spɪt,faɪr]
释义
n. 喷火的东西；烈性子的人
英文词源
- spitfire (n.)
- 1610s, "a cannon," from spit (v.) + fire (n.); c. 1600 as an adjective. Meaning "irascible, passionate person" is from 1670s. Replaced earlier shitfire (similar formation in Florentine cacafuoco).
双语例句
- 1. A year later, in 1944, his Spitfire had been shot down over Italy.
- 一年后的1944年, 牛脾气的史密斯先生再次加入了抗击意大利的行列.
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- 2. Yet friends say they will most remember the spitfire Margaret of her '60 s and '70 s heyday.
- 但朋友们说,他们将永远不会忘记六七十年代处于黄金时代那个热情如火的玛格丽特.
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- 3. Taken on Spitfire Lake in the Adirondack Park at around 7 a.m.
- 阿迪朗达克州立公园内的喷火湖,摄于清晨7时许.
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英英释意
- 1. a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)
实用场景例句
- A year later, in 1944, his Spitfire had been shot down over Italy.
- 一年后的1944年, 牛脾气的史密斯先生再次加入了抗击意大利的行列.
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- Taken on Spitfire Lake in the Adirondack Park at around 7 a.m.
- 阿迪朗达克州立公园内的喷火湖,摄于清晨7时许.
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