burn off

英 [bɜːn ɒf]

美 [bɜːrn ɔːf]

消耗; 耗费

化学

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 消耗；耗费
  If someoneburns offenergy, they use it.
  1. This will improve your performance and help you burn off calories.
     这将会改善你的表现，并帮你消耗卡路里。
• PHRASAL VERB 烧掉；烧除
  Toburn offsomething unwanted means to get rid of it by burning it.
  1. The bushfire actually helped to burn off a lot of dead undergrowth.
     林区大火实际上有助于清除很多枯死的矮灌木。

英英释义

verb

• clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
• use up (energy)
  1. burn off calories through vigorous exercise
  Synonym:burnburn up

双语例句

• And it doesn't burn off your nose hairs in the process.
  而且它不烧掉你的鼻子头发的过程。
• But he'd rather burn off my feelers and watch me squirm.
  但他烧着我的角，眼看着我被烧死。
• Exercise does wonders to burn off stress and ground you in your own self-confidence.
  锻炼身体可以很好地放松压力、给你更多的自信。
• Burn off the old paint, fill any cracks in the woodwork, and rub down well with sandpaper.
  将这件木器原来的漆烧掉，填补好上面的裂缝，再用砂纸磨光。
• The plane landed after circling the airport for several hours to burn off excess fuel.
  飞机随后返回波士顿，在城市上空盘旋了几个小时把燃油耗尽后才紧急降落。
• You may want to plan physical activities that will help burn off some of their excess energy.
  你可以选择体育运动来消耗他们过于充沛的精力。
• No cooling system means the water that covers up the nuclear fuel rods started to burn off;
  没有冷却系统，意味着核燃料棒将开始燃烧；
• Watching a horror film could burn off a whole bar of chocolate, according to new research released today.
  根据今天发布的最新一项研究，看一部恐怖电影可以燃烧卡路里，消耗掉一整块巧克力带来的热量。
• Give everyone in the house a physical chore that will help burn off some of the excess energy.
  让家里的每个人都做些家务，免得他们精力过剩。
• So now I'm going to burn off that wire.
  我现在要烧断线。