fiery是什么意思

adj. 热烈的，炽烈的；暴躁的；燃烧般的

中文词源

fiery 火一样的

来自fire的古英语形容词。

fiery (adj.): late 13c., "flaming, full of fire," from Middle English fier "fire" (see fire (n.)) + -y (2). The spelling is a relic of one of the attempts to render Old English "y" in fyr in a changing system of vowel sounds. Other Middle English spellings include firi, furi, fuiri, vuiri, feri. From c. 1400 as "blazing red." Of persons, from late 14c. Related: Fieriness. As adjectives Old English had fyrbære "fiery, fire-bearing;" fyren "of fire, fiery, on fire;" fyrenful; fyrhat "hot as fire."

1. fire => fiery.

2. The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.: 言辞激烈的右翼领袖在会后收敛了他的好战言论。

3. The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming.: 那是一首夹杂着撩拨的吉他声和密集的鼓点的激情四射的歌曲。

4. Both women have dramatic dark looks and, reputedly, fiery temperaments.: 两个女人都皮肤黝黑，据说，脾气也很火暴。

5. He's got that fiery temper which scares the whatsit out of everybody.: 他有一副能把所有人都吓得那个什么滚什么流的火爆脾气。