| 单词 | burn |
| 释义 | burn burn /; AmE / verb, noun
■ verb (burnt, burnt /; AmE /) or (burned, burned /; AmE /)
1 ( to spend a lot of money in a careless way: The company was burning (through) cash at a rate of $2 million a day. 2 (IT , to put information onto a computer disk: to burn a CD You can burn over four hours of video images onto a DVD. 3 ( to cause sb to lose money because they do sth without realizing the possible bad results: Many companies were badly burnt by the rise in fuel tax. IDIOMS get your fingers burnt; burn your fingers to lose money as a result of doing sth without realizing the possible bad results: Many investors got their fingers burnt when the Internet bubble burst. CRASH verb PHRASAL VERBS burn out; burn sth out to stop working or make sth stop working because it gets too hot or is used too much: The machines will burn out if they are left running all night. burn out; burn yourself/sb out to become extremely tired or ill/sick by working too hard over a period of time: The daily demands of her job eventually burned her out. BURNOUT ■ noun [U,C] ( the process of a company spending money: The company's cash burn is still running at $4 million a quarter. a burn rate of $7 million a month |
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