spitfire

spitfire

美 [ˈspɪtˌfaɪr] 　英 [ˈspɪtˌfaɪə(r)]

• n.喷火的东西；〈英〉喷火式战斗机；【航】船头三角帆；大炮
• 网络烈性子；喷火战斗机；喷火式战机

词形变化

复数：spitfires  

英汉解释

n.	1. 喷火的东西 2. 〈英〉喷火式战斗机 3. 【航】船头三角帆 4. 大炮 5. 〈口〉脾气暴躁的人 6. 咬人的狗[猫]

英英解释

n.	1. a woman who tends to become angry very easily

例句

"You were wearing a yellow dress. All of us old men told your father how lovely you were. 'A real spitfire, ' your father said. "

他有一次告诉她：“当时你穿着黄色的连衣裙。我们这些老伙计都对你爸爸说你太可爱了。你爸爸说你是个‘真正的烈性子’。”

The walls of the club were covered with black-and-white photos of Polish pilots, and a huge propeller from a Spitfire was fixed to one wall.

俱乐部的墙上满是波兰飞行员的黑白相片，还有一个喷火式战斗机的巨大螺旋桨悬挂在一面墙上。

Last night he said: 'We've tried to create a new British design icon, like Concorde, the Spitfire or the Routemaster bus.

昨晚他这样说道：“我们要为英国创造一项新的标志，就像协和飞机，‘喷火’战斗机和双层巴士一样。”

Three days later, she was photographed by a Spitfire reconnaissance aircraft while resting in a Norwegian fjord (Altenfiord).

三天后，她在挪威海峡休息时被喷火式侦察机拍下照片。

The tabloid press is outraged, running images of Spitfire fighters over Dover's white cliffs, and calling a foreign owner "unthinkable" .

小报界震怒，他们在报纸上刊登出多架喷火式飞机的形象，背景是多佛尔的白色岩石，并称外国所有者“不可思议”。

"Don't be a spitfire, else I won't tell you, " said Tom.

“别着急，要不然，我就不告诉你了，”汤姆说。

Yet friends say they will mo st remember the spitfire Margaret of her '60 s and '70 s heyday.

但朋友们说，他们将永远不会忘记六七十年代处于黄金时代那个热情如火的玛格丽特。

It's my life, the prodigy spitfire, so faint.

这是我的生活，如此惊奇而又暗淡。