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 firework ['faɪr`wɚk]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 烟火具, 烟火, 烟火信号弹, 焰火, 激情的表现

  1. Just you watch the fireworks when your father catches those boys!
    等你父亲抓住那几个男孩子的时候,你就能看到他的火气有多大了。
  2. The firework exploded in his hand.
    那个爆竹在他手里响了。
  3. Bang went the fireworks.
    焰火砰地爆开了。


firework
[ noun ]
(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
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firework \fire"work`\ (f[imac]r"w[^u]rk`), n.
1. A device for producing a striking display of light, or a
figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the
combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner,
as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various
salts; also called a {pyrotechnic device}. The most common
feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled
with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or
cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a
great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored.
The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The art of
designing fireworks for purposes of entertainment is
called {pyrotechnics}. The name firework is also given to
various combustible preparations used in war.

2. pl. A pyrotechnic exhibition; an entertainment consisting
of the discharge of fireworks[1]. [Obs. in the sing.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a
firework. --Walpole.

  1. She was like a sort of firework, and one could almost hear her almost sizzling.' Lord Carrington believes Lady Thatcher 'did the Foreign Office a great deal of damage'.
  2. The fireworks came later. 'Basically I felt that firework companies were putting explosives in the hands of the public but not taking their responsibilities seriously,' Hutchison said.
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