firefight
noun[C]
uk/ˈfaɪə.faɪt/us/ˈfaɪr.faɪt/afight, oftenunexpected, betweenopposinggroupsofsoldiersin which theyshootat each other:
（常指敌对部队之间突发的）交火，炮战Theopposingunitsopenedfiresimultaneouslyatcloserangeand a 15-minute firefightensued.交战的部队在近距离内同时朝对方开火，交火持续了15分钟。
Fighting
- a fight to the finishidiom
- bellicosity
- blood diamond
- blow
- boots on the groundidiom
- call to arms
- combat
- come close to blowsidiom
- conflict diamond
- engagement
- grapple
- mobilize
- rout
- scrimmage
- shootout
- stoush
- tangle
- tangle withsomeone
- tilt
- turf war
firefight
verb[I]
uk/ˈfaɪə.faɪt/us/ˈfaɪr.faɪt/UK(USput out fires)
tospendtimeonproblemsthat need to bedealtwithquickly,insteadofworkingin acalm,plannedway:
速战速决；火急火燎Will the newmanagerbeableto do anything other than firefight?新的经理除了火急火燎之外还能做点什么？
Dealing with things or people
- attend tosomeone/something
- be all over itidiom
- beard the lion (inhis/herden)idiom
- bed
- come/get to grips withsomethingidiom
- cut
- fire
- have it out withsomeoneidiom
- hold onidiom
- I/I've got thisidiom
- ill-prepared
- jump-start
- overcome
- tough
- toughsomethingout
- turn
- turn tosomeone/something
- unprocessed
- weather
- weather the stormidiom