spitfire
英 ['spɪtfaɪə] 美 ['spɪt,faɪr]
- n. 噴火的東西；烈性子的人
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. A year later, in 1944, his Spitfire had been shot down over Italy.
- 一年後的1944年, 牛脾氣的史密斯先生再次加入了抗擊意大利的行列.
來自互聯網
- 2. Yet friends say they will most remember the spitfire Margaret of her '60 s and '70 s heyday.
- 但朋友們說,他們將永遠不會忘記六七十年代處於黃金時代那個熱情如火的瑪格麗特.
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- 3. Taken on Spitfire Lake in the Adirondack Park at around 7 a.m.
- 阿迪朗達克州立公園內的噴火湖,攝於清晨7時許.
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