(burnt, burnt /bɜːnt; NAmE bɜːrnt/ or burned, burned /bɜːnd; NAmE bɜːrnd/) (informal) [intransitive, transitive] to spend a lot of money in a careless way无节制地花（钱）◆The company was burning ( through) cash at a rate of $2 million a day.公司每天挥霍 200 万元的现金。 (IT 信息技术) (informal) [transitive] to put information onto a computer disk刻录◆to burn a CD刻录光盘 (informal) [transitive] be/get burned to cause sb to lose money because they do sth without realizing the possible bad results（因没有先见之明而）亏本，蒙受损失◆Many companies were badly burnt by the rise in fuel tax.许多公司由于燃油税上涨而遭受严重损失。 ●get your ˈfingers burnt ●burn your ˈfingersto lose money as a result of doing sth without realizing the possible bad results没有先见之明而蒙受损失◆Many investors got their fingers burnt when the Internet bubble burst.互联网泡沫破灭时，许多投资者遭受了损失。  ➡  idiom at crash verb ●ˌburn ˈout ●ˌburn sth ˈoutto stop working or make sth stop working because it gets too hot or is used too much（因过热或使用过多而）出故障◆The machines will burn out if they are left running all night.如果机器整夜运行将会失灵。●ˌburn ˈout ●ˌburn yourself/sb ˈoutto become extremely tired or ill/sick by working too hard over a period of time累垮◆The daily demands of her job eventually burned her out.她每天拼命工作，终于累垮了。  ➡  burnout