burn out

To stop burning from lack of fuel.

燒盡，燒光：因缺乏燃料而停止燃燒

To wear out or make or become inoperative as a result of heat or friction

燒壞：因?yàn)闊峄蚰Σ炼谋M或變得不能工作

The short circuit burned out the fuse.

短路燒壞了導(dǎo)線

To cause (a property owner or a resident) to have to evacuate the premises because of fire

燒掉…的家，燒火把…趕出：因?yàn)榛馂?zāi)而使得（財(cái)產(chǎn)所有者或居民）不得不疏散財(cái)產(chǎn)或從地產(chǎn)中撤離

The shopkeeper was burned out by arsonists.

店主被縱火犯逐出商店

To make or become exhausted, especially as a result of long-term stress

使疲憊不堪：使變得或變得精疲力盡，尤指因長(zhǎng)期地壓迫

“Hours are long, stress is high, and many recruits drop out or burn out”(&b{Robert J. Samuelson})

“時(shí)間長(zhǎng)，壓力大，許多新會(huì)員已棄權(quán)或疲倦不堪”(&b{羅伯特J.塞繆爾森})

burn up

To make angry

使生氣，使發(fā)怒

Their rudeness really burns me up.

他們的無禮真的讓我生氣

To travel over or through at high speed

飛馳，飛奔：以高速跨越或穿過

drag racers burning up the track.

正在跑道上飛馳的高速賽車

be burned at the stake

(historical)be executed by being tied to a stake and being publicly burned alive, typically for alleged heresy or witchcraft

(史)施火刑

burn one's boats (或 bridges)

do something which makes it impossible to return to an earlier state

破釜沉舟

burn the candle at both ends

go to bed late and get up early

晚睡早起；超負(fù)荷工作

burn (北美亦作lay) rubber

(informal)drive very quickly

(非正式)飛速駕車

go for the burn

(informal)push one's body to the extremes when doing physical exercise

(非正式)（運(yùn)動(dòng)時(shí)軀體）伸展到極限

a slow burn

(informal)a state of slowly mounting anger or annoyance

(非正式)怒火慢慢騰起

the medical community's shrugging acceptance is fuelling a slow burn among women.

醫(yī)療界接納女性時(shí)的勉強(qiáng)態(tài)度逐漸引起了她們的憤怒。

with money burning in a hole of one's pocket

having a strong urge to spend money as soon as one receives it

有錢就想花；大手大腳

burn something down (或 burn down)

(of a building or structure) destroy or be destroyed completely by fire

（建筑物）（被）焚為平地，燒得精光

burn something in/into

brand or imprint by burning

打烙印

designs are burnt into the skin.

把圖案烙進(jìn)皮膚。

a childhood incident that was burnt into her memory.

深深印在她記憶中的一件童年往事。

burn something off

remove a substance using heat

燒掉某物

using a blowlamp to burn off the paint.

用噴燈把油漆燒掉。

burn oneself out

ruin one's health or become completely exhausted through overwork

積勞成疾；（超時(shí)工作而）把身體搞壞

burn someone out

make someone homeless by destroying their home by fire

（用火燒毀某人的房屋）使某人無家可歸

Catholics and Protestants were &B{burned out} of their homes.

天主教徒和新教徒家被燒了，已都無家可歸。