set fire to

英 [set ˈfaɪə(r) tu]

美 [set ˈfaɪər tu]

放火烧;使燃烧

Oxford 3000

双语例句

• The invaders wantonly set fire to Yuan Ming Yuan.
  侵略者恣意妄为，把圆明园付之一炬。
• The enemy set fire to the ship.
  敌人放火烧了那条船。
• Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match, but produced only smoke.
  我试着用火柴把木头点燃，但结果都是烟。
• In July the enemy came and set fire to all the houses.
  7月里，敌人来了，把所有的房子都放火烧了。
• We could set fire to the house, and run away.
  我们就放火把房子烧了，然后逃跑。
• A crazy person set fire to the house.
  一个疯子放火烧了房子。
• In the country, the revolutionaries set fire to the nobles castles and burnt the to the ground.
  在乡村里，革命者放火烧毁了贵族的城堡并把它夷为平地。
• A group of youths had set fire to an old truck.
  一群青年放火烧了一辆旧卡车。
• Soldiers chased the protesters into a warehouse and set fire to it.
  士兵们把那些抗议者追进了仓库然后防火烧了仓库。
• One prisoner set fire to rags and hurled them into the courtyard
  一名囚犯将破布点着，扔进院子。