afire

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++a·fire /əˈfaɪə $ əˈfaɪr/ adjective, adverb [not before noun] literary  BURNburning 着火（的），燃烧着（的） SYN ablaze One of the boats had been set afire. 其中有一艘船遭人纵火。

Examples from the Corpus

afire• The oil tanker was afire.set afire• At least one had been set afire.• Hundreds of small wooden fishing boats are set afire and dozens are torn to pieces by the blast.• Longtime residents recall seeing police cars overturned and set afire because the officers had dared tried to patrol here.• In Lushnje, the town hall was set afire with Molotov cocktails.

a·fire adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus burning

afire
a‧fire /əˈfaɪə $ əˈfaɪr/ adjective, adverb [not before noun] literary
burning
   SYN  ablaze:
    One of the boats had been set afire.