catch fire or cause to catch fire
(使)着火,燃烧,点燃
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furniture can give off lethal fumes when it ignites 家具着火后会散发出致命烟雾
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he lit a cigarette which ignited the petrol fumes .他点了一根烟,这根烟点燃了挥发着的汽油。
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〈喻〉 激发(感情)
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the words ignited new fury in him .那些话激起了他更多怒气。
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〈喻〉 激起(情势)
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they were about to ignite the European socialist revolution .他们即将点燃欧洲的社会主义革命。
"mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make intensely hot’): from Latin