2007年10月2日 星期二

fire up sth or fire sth up

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fire up
sth or fire sth up


AMERICAN
to make something start to burn [e.g. cigarette, barbecue]

He paused and fired up another cigarette.
If we fire up the barbecue now dinner will be ready in an hour.

(American) to start an engine

She fired up the car engine, slipped it into gear, and went speeding off.

比較
fire up sb or fire sb up

to make someone become excited or angry

The issue has fired up civil rights activists.
We had an argument about it and she got all fired up.



(from Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs)

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