烧着 meaning in Chinese
catch fire
on fire
Examples
- I thought i could smell something burning .
我好像闻到什么东西烧着了。 - She was standing too close to the fireplace and her dress caught fire .
她站得离壁炉太近了，衣服烧着了。 - The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur .
他们两个就活活地被扔在烧着硫磺的火湖里。 - The room was very hot, for the stove had been alight all day and the windows were seldom opened .
因为炉子整天烧着，而窗户又很少开的缘故，屋子里非常热。 - High on that staircase were the rooms in which he had crammed for his degree, upon the system by which the scholar simmers on the fire of cramming .
在这道楼梯上面的是一些房间，为了学位，他曾经在那里头临急抱过佛脚，在那种制度下，学生就在死记硬背的火候上慢慢地烧着熬着。