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burlesque /b3:'lesk; NAmEb3:r'\-/ noun 1 [C] a performance or piece of writing
which tries to make sth look ridiculous by representing it in a humorous way
ffff mjam (§£#&) aaa parody : a burlesque of
literary life M A ^ ffe tg (ft it 2 [U] (NAmE) a type of
entertainment, popular in the past in the US, involving humorous acts,
singing, dancing, etc. and often including striptease 1tH¥7
) ► bur-lesque adj. [usually before noun]
burly /'b3ili; NAmE 'b3:rli/ adj. (of a man or a man’s body AiA^) big,
strong and heavy MtA
ift BTfl BRAWNY
bum 0"w/b3:n; NAmEb3irn/ verb, noun
mverb (burnt, burnt /b3int; NAmE
b3:rnt/) or (burned, burned /b3:nd; NAmE b3:rnd/)
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FIRE -A 1 [V] to produce flames and heat %t: A
welcoming fire was burning in the fireplace. Hi/* IrBtBifcfft^Ao 0 Fires were burning all over
the city.
A Ao 2 [V] (used especially in the
progressive tenses AJHAiftArff't) to be on fire If A;
If: By nightfall the whole city was burning. IiJ Hi? H,
O Two children were rescued
from the burning car. . 0
The smell of burning rubber filled the air. $
3 to destroy, damage, injure or kill sb/sth by fire; to be destroyed,
etc. by fire ( M
[VN] to bum waste paper/dead leaves 0
All his belongings were burnt
in the fire. o The
cigarette burned a hole in the carpet. 77
p 0 o The house was burnt to
the ground (= completely destroyed). 1$ JlJ^-7$J!&!£!£ 7 0 0 [VN-ADJ] His greatest fear is of being burnt
alive. ftfeJHH (ft fto 0 [V] The house burned to the
ground. f|-7l$ AA io o Ten people burned to death in the hotel fire. MfAAT^AAtt«6?E,
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FUEL 14 4 if you burn a fuel, or a fuel burns,
it
produces heat, light or energy ( [VN] a
furnace that bums gas/oil/coke ;J^7 / 0
(figurative) Some people burn calories (= use food to produce energy) faster than others. 7 A Afl m 7 H # t£ ^ftkA'IAo 0 [V] Which fuel burns most
efficiently? 0P#
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FOOD ^ ^ 5 if food burns, or if you burn
it, it is spoiled because it gets too hot ( {£ ) ‘fttM,
‘)&M : Jv] I can smell something burning in the kitchen. 3\ M
0 [VN] Sorry—l burnt the toast.
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SUN/HEAT/ACID A PH ; & ; | 6 to be damaged or
injured by the sun, heat, acid, etc.; to damage
or injure sb/sth in this way ( )
BgfA, MfA, AAfA: [V] My skin
burns easily (= in the sun). f£(fti£J]A^
J? Bg$j0 0 [VN] I got badly burned by the sun yesterday. A
f*]£ Iff if] 0
0 The soup’s hot. Don’t bum
your mouth. #i]M
T^lc 01 burned myself on the
stove. 7 D
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OF PART OF BODY If A uP R 7 [V] if part of your body burns or is burning, it feels very hot and painful AM MJ&Ti; A M: Your forehead’s burning.
Have you got a fever? 7(ftm%AfIMo
f7Af& m? 0 Her cheeks burned with
embarrassment. jffi® Jt#AMo o note at hurt
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OF A LIGHT AT 8 [V] to produce light A A; A Lights were burning
upstairs, but no one answered the door.
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FEEL EMOTION/DESIRE 7 In M / 777 9 ~ (with sth)
(literary) to feel a very strong emotion or desire 7
3S7JI (ft ti ; %%■. [V] to be burning with
rage/ambition/
love itfills/ izsAMJ&ft / 0 [V to inf]
He was burning to go climbing again.
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GO FAST 7 fA'IA 10 [V +adv./prep.}
(informal) to move
very fast in a particular direction ( [ft--- )
iR ii fI zft: The car was burning down the road. H 7 '/p if 7 34
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MAKE ANGRY (777 11 [VN] (NAmE, informal) to make sb
very angry f£ A$A So you did it just to burn me?
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CD, ETC. jt&4 12 [VN] to put information onto a CD,
etc. Mfk ( )