| 词组 | burn up |
| 释义 | burn up 1. burn up sth • burn sth up to use energy or get rid of unwanted fat from your body by doing physical exercise: burn up energy ▪ The rate at which people burn up energy varies quite a lot between individuals. burn up fat/calories ▪ Women tend to burn up calories less efficiently than men. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑burn off 2. burn up • burn up sth • burn sth up to be completely destroyed by fire or great heat, or to destroy something with fire or great heat: ▪ The satellite is expected to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. ▪ Anything getting that near to the sun, would simply be burned up. ▪ The fire had burnt up forty acres of corn crops. 3. burn up sth • burn sth up if someone or something burns up petrol, money etc they use a lot of it: ▪ I changed my car because the old one burned up too much gas. ▪ That girl just burns up money! ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑use up 4. burn sb up AmE informal to make someone very angry: ▪ It used to burn me up when the kids at school would laugh at my name. 5. burn up sth • burn sth up AmE informal to cover a distance very quickly, by moving or travelling very fast: ▪ His Porsche really burns up the miles. ▪ a couple burning up the dance floor 6. be burning up informal to be very hot, especially because you have a fever: ▪ Ruth wiped away the sweat - although it was cold, she was burning up! |
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