“counter、fire”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

counter-fire

释义

ˈcounter-fire
[ad. F. contre-feu: see counter- 3 a.]
A fire purposely lighted in order to combat a heath or forest fire: cf. back-fire n. 1.
1905Terms Forestry & Logging 6 Back fire... Counter fire.1927Observer 11 Sept. 9/2 There are many men in the local peasantry who well understand the principle of counter-fires.1952Oxf. Jun. Encycl. VI. 172/2 Sometimes it is necessary to start a counter fire to check the main fire.
Hence counter-fire v. intr., to use a counter-fire; counter-firing vbl. n.
1895W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. 554 It may be necessary to counterfire from a road, stream, ride, or fire-trace.1930Forestry IV. 88 Counter-firing is the deliberate burning of a strip of forest in the route of the accidental fire which dies out for lack of fuel.

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