English Dictionary

burn out

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 俗語 稀用 慣用表現

(transitive) To destroy by fire. / (intransitive) To become extinguished due to lack of fuel. / (intransitive) To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).

日本語の意味

（他動詞）火で焼き尽くす、燃やし尽くす / （自動詞）燃え尽きる（燃料不足などにより消えてなくなる） / （自動詞）（特に電球などが）消耗して機能しなくなる

The rebels planned to burn out the supply depot before retreating.

反乱者たちは退却する前に補給倉庫を焼き払う計画を立てた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To destroy by fire.

All four engines and the entire train were derailed, and owing to the fact that all the vehicles except the sleeping cars were gas-lit, the whole of the coaching stock except the two rear brakes was burned out, beginning with the two front coaches, which were completely wrecked.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To become extinguished due to lack of fuel.

The candle finally burned out.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).

意味（4）

(intransitive) To tire due to overwork; to overwork to their limit.

After six months of twelve-hour workdays, most people just burn out and quit.

意味（5）

(transitive) To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.

意味（6）

(intransitive, slang, uncommon) To end one's shift at a job.

I start my shift at three in the afternoon, and get to burn out at midnight.

意味（7）

(intransitive, automotive) To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out.

意味（8）

(idiomatic) To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year.

The repairs on this nuclear reactor have burned out every welder in the province.

burns out （ present singular third-person ）

burning out （ participle present ）

burned out （ participle past ）

burned out （ past ）

burnt out （ Commonwealth participle past ）

burnt out （ Commonwealth past ）