late Old English wilde fyr "destructive fire" (perhaps caused by lightning); also "erysipelas, spreading skin disease;" see from wild (adj.) + fire (n.). From c. 1300 as "Greek fire," also fire rained down from the sky as divine retribution. Figurative sense from late 14c. By 1795 as "sheet lightning."
雙語例句
1. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.
這些謠言迅速傳遍了整座城市。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The news spread like wildfire.
消息不脛而走.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.
霍亂在營地里迅速傳播.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.
在加利福尼亞州北部，一場野火產(chǎn)生的煙霧已擴散了200多英里。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The child was very amused by the wildfire outside of the windows.