wildfire
wildfire — noun
1. a large, fast-moving fire that destroys natural areas such as forests, grassland
a large, fast-moving fire that destroys natural areas such as forests, grasslands, or bushes and is very hard to stop
The wildfire spread across the dry hills and forced hundreds of families to leave.
collocation: spread across [area]
Firefighters worked through the night to stop the wildfire from reaching nearby towns.
collocation: stop / contain a wildfire
A small campfire can quickly become a dangerous wildfire if left unattended.
Last summer, a wildfire burned more than five thousand acres of forest in Oregon.
Devika watched from a safe distance as thick smoke rose from the wildfire.
- forest fire
specifically refers to wildfires that burn in wooded or forested areas
- bushfire
used mainly in Australia and parts of Africa for wildfires that burn through bushland or scrub
- inferno
a more dramatic word that emphasises the extreme heat and destruction of a large fire
文法句型
a wildfire + verb (spreads, burns, destroys)
wildfire + verb (rages, threatens [area])
stop / fight / contain a wildfire
用法筆記
Frequently appears in news reports about natural disasters. The noun is typically singular — even when describing a large fire event, writers use 'a wildfire' or 'the wildfire' rather than 'wildfires' as a generic reference.