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burning

ADJ ที่ ถูก เผาผลาญ  ti-tuk-phaol-phlan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BURNING

ppr. Consuming with fire; flaming; scorching; hardening by fire; calcining; charring; raging as fire; glowing.

 

BURNING

n.Combustion; the act of expelling volatile matter and reducing to ashes, or to a calx; a fire; inflammation; the heat or raging of passion. In surgery, actual cautery; cauterization.

 

BURNING

a.Powerful; vehement; as a burning shame; a burning scent. 1. Much heated; very hot; scorching.
The burning plains of India.

 

BURNING-GLASS

n.[burn and glass. ] A convex glass which, when exposed to the direct rays of the sun, collects them into a small space, called a focus, producing an intense heat. The name is given also to a concave mirror which condenses the sun's rays.

 

BURNING-THORNY-PLANT

A species of Euphorbia or spurge.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BURNING

BURNING Burn "ing, a.

 

1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.

 

2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. Burning bush (Bot. ), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus ),bearing a crimson berry.

 

BURNING

BURNING Burn "ing, n.

 

Defn: The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine ), or oil of turpentine (camphine ), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. -- Burning glass, a conxex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. -- Burning house (Metal. ), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. Weale. -- Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.

 

Syn. -- Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

burning

burn ing |ˈbərniNG ˈbərnɪŋ | adjective [ attrib. ] on fire: a burning building. very hot or bright: burning desert sands. very keenly or deeply felt; intense: he had a burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management. of urgent interest and importance; exciting or calling for debate: democracy remains a burning issue | the burning question of independence. DERIVATIVES burn ing ly adverb

 

burning bush

burn ing bush noun 1 any of a number of shrubs noted for their bright red autumn foliage, in particular: [the kochia. the smoke tree. ] 2 any of a number of shrubs or trees with bright red leaves or fruits. [Several plants, in particular the purple-flowered North American Euonymus atropurpurea (family Celastraceae ), a relative of the spindle tree. ] 3 another term for gas plant. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: with biblical allusion to Exod. 3:2.

 

burning glass

burn ing glass noun a lens for concentrating the sun's rays on an object so as to set fire to it.

 

Oxford Dictionary

burning

burn |ing |ˈbəːnɪŋ | adjective on fire: a burning building. very hot or bright: the burning midday sun. very keenly or deeply felt; intense: he had a burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management. of urgent interest and importance; exciting or calling for debate: pension reform is still a burning issue | the burning question of independence. DERIVATIVES burningly adverb

 

burning bush

burn |ing bush noun 1 any of a number of shrubs noted for their bright red autumn foliage, in particular the kochia or the smoke tree. 2 any of a number of shrubs or trees with bright red leaves or fruits. Several plants, in particular North American spindles of the genus Euonymus (family Celastraceae ), e.g. the wahoo (E. atropurpurea ). 3 another term for gas plant. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: with biblical allusion to Exod. 3:2.

 

burning ghat

burn |ing ghat noun see ghat ( sense 1 ).

 

burning glass

burn |ing glass noun a lens for concentrating the sun's rays on an object so as to set fire to it.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

burning

burning adjective 1 burning coals: blazing, flaming, fiery, ignited, glowing, red-hot, smoldering, igneous; raging, roaring. 2 burning desert sands: extremely hot, red-hot, fiery, blistering, scorching, searing, sweltering, torrid; informal baking, boiling (hot ), broiling, roasting, sizzling. ANTONYMS freezing. 3 a burning desire: intense, passionate, deep-seated, profound, wholehearted, strong, ardent, fervent, urgent, fierce, eager, frantic, consuming, uncontrollable. 4 burning issues: important, crucial, significant, vital, essential, pivotal; urgent, pressing, compelling, critical.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

burning

burning adjective 1 a burning house: blazing, flaming, aflame, fiery, flaring, ignited, glowing, red-hot, flickering, smouldering; scorching, raging, roaring, live. ANTONYMS extinguished. 2 the burning desert sands: extremely hot, red-hot, unbearably hot, baking (hot ), blazing (hot ), flaming, fiery, blistering, scorching, searing, sweltering, torrid, tropical, like an oven, like a furnace, like a blowtorch; parching, withering; N. Amer. broiling; informal baking, boiling (hot ), roasting, sizzling. ANTONYMS freezing. 3 a burning desire to win: intense, passionate, deep-seated, profound, wholehearted, strong, powerful, forceful, vigorous, ardent, urgent, fervent, fierce, earnest, eager, keen, enthusiastic, zealous, fanatical, frantic, consuming, extreme, acute, raging, blazing, uncontrollable; rare fervid, perfervid, passional. 4 the burning issues of the day: important, crucial, significant, prevalent, pertinent, relevant, topical, current, contemporary, of interest, active, live, controversial, urgent, pressing, compelling, critical, vital, lively, essential, acute, pivotal, climacteric.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

burning

burn ing /bə́ː r nɪŋ /burn 形容詞 比較なし 名詞 の前で 〗1 燃え [焼け ]ている, 炎上している ▸ I can smell burning rubber .ゴムの焼けるにおいがする 2 焼けるように暑い, 酷暑の (scorching ); ほてる 〈体など 〉; 〖副詞的に 〗燃える [焼ける ]ように It was a burning hot day in August .8月の燃えるように暑い日だった 3 きわめて強い, 激烈な, 熱烈な 願望 感情など 〉; 激しい 〈渇きなど 〉have a burning desire to be a writer 作家になりたいという熱烈な希望を持っている 4 きわめて重要な, 物議をかもしている ; 緊急の 問題 論点など 〉▸ a burning question [issue ]緊急の問題 (!questionでは 「熱のこもった質問 」(3 )の意にもなる ) 5 〖複合語で 〗…を燃料として使う ▸ a wood- burning stove まき 用コンロ 6 ⦅文 ⦆熱心な, 情熱的な 視線 .~̀ b sh マユミ マサキの類の低木 〘北米産; 赤い実や紅葉が特徴 〙.~̀ gl ss 天日取り (レンズ ).~̀ il 燃料油 .