wildfire

/ˈwaɪldfaɪə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈwaɪldfaɪər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwī(-ə)ld-ˌfī(-ə)r/ (ame, mw)

wildfire — 名詞

  • wildfiresingular
  • wildfiresplural

1. a large, fast-moving fire that destroys natural areas such as forests, grassland

1.名詞B1
釋義

野火

在野外猛烈燃燒且難以控制的大火

a large, fast-moving fire that destroys natural areas such as forests, grasslands, or bushes and is very hard to stop

例句

The wildfire spread across the dry hills and forced hundreds of families to leave.

野火蔓延過乾燥的山丘，迫使數百個家庭撤離。

collocation: spread across [area]

Firefighters worked through the night to stop the wildfire from reaching nearby towns.

消防隊員徹夜奮戰，阻止野火蔓延到附近的城鎮。

collocation: stop / contain a wildfire

同義詞
  • forest fire

    specifically refers to wildfires that burn in wooded or forested areas

  • bushfire

    used mainly in Australia and parts of Africa for wildfires that burn through bushland or scrub

  • inferno

    a more dramatic word that emphasises the extreme heat and destruction of a large fire

文法句型

a wildfire + verb (spreads, burns, destroys)

wildfire + verb (rages, threatens [area])

stop / fight / contain a wildfire

用法筆記

Frequently appears in news reports about natural disasters. The noun is typically singular — even when describing a large fire event, writers use 'a wildfire' or 'the wildfire' rather than 'wildfires' as a generic reference.

常見錯誤

❌There was a wildfire in the kitchen.
✅There was a small kitchen fire.
💡The word 'wildfire' refers only to fires in outdoor natural areas, not fires inside buildings.