(burnt, burnt /bɜːnt; NAmE bɜːrnt/ or burned, burned /bɜːnd; NAmE bɜːrnd/)

1. (informal) [intransitive, transitive] to spend a lot of money in a careless way
   无节制地花（钱）◆The company was burning ( through) cash at a rate of $2 million a day.
   公司每天挥霍 200 万元的现金。

●get your ˈfingers burnt ●burn your ˈfingersto lose money as a result of doing sth without realizing the possible bad results
没有先见之明而蒙受损失◆Many investors got their fingers burnt when the Internet bubble burst.
互联网泡沫破灭时，许多投资者遭受了损失。

 ➡  idiom at crash verb
●ˌburn ˈout ●ˌburn sth ˈoutto stop working or make sth stop working because it gets too hot or is used too much
（因过热或使用过多而）出故障◆The machines will burn out if they are left running all night.
如果机器整夜运行将会失灵。●ˌburn ˈout ●ˌburn yourself/sb ˈoutto become extremely tired or ill/sick by working too hard over a period of time
累垮◆The daily demands of her job eventually burned her out.
她每天拼命工作，终於累垮了。  ➡  burnout