firework
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fire·work /ˈfaɪəwɜːk $ ˈfaɪrwɜːrk/ ●●○ noun [countable usually plural] 1 DHTa small container filled with powder that burns or explodes to produce coloured lights and noise in the sky 烟火，烟花，焰火 a New Year’s Eve fireworks display 除夕夜的烟火表演 Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks. 杰夫和戴维在后院放烟花。2 spokenANGRY used to say that someone will be angry 怒火 There’ll be fireworks if I get home late again. 如果我再晚回家，有人会发火的。3 something that is exciting or impressive 亮点〔令人兴奋或赞叹之物〕 The real fireworks are provided by Shakespeare’s poetry. 真正的亮点来自莎士比亚的诗作。
Examples from the Corpus
firework• Visual effects feature largely in this community arts venture, and have included helium balloons and fireworks.• Prayer, songs and fireworks all helped the faithful celebrate her feast day.• When the firing broke out, it was like some utterly excessive fireworks display.• One of the targets, a munitions depot, went up in a spectacular display of fireworks.• At midnight the church bells are sounded all over the city and the sky is full of all varieties of fireworks.• The fireworks are products within the rule.fireworks display• There was so much noise around them, children screaming with excitement as a fireworks display exploded across the bay.• In an instant the whole aircraft was outlined in fire like a set-piece at a fireworks display.• Those who saw the explosion said it resembled a fireworks display, with long streams of smoke and tiny pink fireballs.• They just stood watching a fireworks display across the bridge at the Expo.• When the firing broke out, it was like some utterly excessive fireworks display.• Saturday night, I guarantee you, the greatest fireworks display ever held in the City of Washington.• But all meter-sized impactors put on spectacular fireworks displays.• The fireworks display that heralded the opening of Antwerp 93 went off like a damp squib.fire·work nounChineseSyllable
burns with Corpus small that container a explodes or powder filled
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firework
fire‧work /ˈfaɪəwɜːk $ ˈfaɪrwɜːrk/
noun [countable usually plural]
1. a small container filled with powder that burns or explodes to produce coloured lights and noise in the sky:
a New Year’s Eve fireworks display
Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks.
2. spoken used to say that someone will be angry:
There’ll be fireworks if I get home late again.
3. something that is exciting or impressive:
The real fireworks are provided by Shakespeare’s poetry.
fire‧work /ˈfaɪəwɜːk $ ˈfaɪrwɜːrk/
noun [countable usually plural]1. a small container filled with powder that burns or explodes to produce coloured lights and noise in the sky:
2. spoken used to say that someone will be angry:
3. something that is exciting or impressive: