late Old English wilde fyr "destructive fire" (perhaps caused by lightning); also "erysipelas, spreading skin disease;" see from wild (adj.) + fire (n.). From c. 1300 as "Greek fire," also fire rained down from the sky as divine retribution. Figurative sense from late 14c. By 1795 as "sheet lightning."
双语例句
1. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.
这些谣言迅速传遍了整座城市。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The news spread like wildfire.
消息不胫而走.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.
霍乱在营地里迅速传播.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.
在加利福尼亚州北部，一场野火产生的烟雾已扩散了200多英里。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The child was very amused by the wildfire outside of the windows.
