English Dictionary

brushfire

名詞

限定用法

A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests. / (politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.

日本語の意味

低木や草地などの植生が主体の地域で発生する大規模な火災。森林火災とは対照的に、低木地や草原に起こる火事を指す。 / （政治的な用法）世界的な大国が直接関与しない紛争や戦争。

A sudden brushfire swept across the prairie, forcing residents to evacuate their homes.

突然、草地火災が草原一帯に広がり、住民たちは自宅を捨てて避難を余儀なくされた。

意味（1）

A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.

意味（2）

(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.

It may be a brushfire operation or an operation on the scale of the Korean war; it will certainly not involve the home territories of the United States and Soviet Russia as theaters of hostilities.

brushfires （ plural ）