189 Verbs of natural phenomena 自然现象动词 (zìrán xiànxiàng dòngcí)

ear piercing
deafening
look at, shine, photo
shine, illuminate
light up
send out
reflect light
against the light, backlighting
radiate
flash
give off light
gleam
twinkle, glimmer
glitter
dazzle, twinkle
burn
burn, ignite
be on fire
burn
boiled
boil
evaporate
volatile

1 刺耳 [-] cì’ěr (pierce-ear) ear piercing: 声音~ ear piercing sound || 音乐 ~ ear piercing music || ~的爆炸 (bàozhà) 声 ear piercing explosion '
2 震耳欲聋 [---聾] zhèn’ěr yùlóng (shock-ear-will-deaf) deafening: 响声~ deafening sound || ~的掌声 (zhǎngsheng) deafening applause '
3 照 [-] zhào (bright, shine) look at, shine, photo: 阳光 ~在脸上. The sun shines on a face. || ~一张相 take a photo || ~镜子 (jìngzi) look in a mirror '
4 照耀 [-] zhàoyào (shine-illuminate) shine, illuminate: 阳光~ bright sunshine || 红星~中国 Red Star over China (first account of Chinese Communism, by Edgar Snow) '
5 照射 [-] zhàoshè (shine-shoot) light up: 灯光~ light illuminates ||用紫 外线~消毒 irradiate with ultraviolet rays to disinfect 535 '
6 射 [-] zhàoshè (shoot) send out: 太阳光~在脸上 sun shone on a face || 眼光~到他身上 eyes saw his body '
7 反光 [-] fǎnguāng (reflect-light) reflect light: 镜子~ the reflection of mirror || 雪地~ the reflection of snow '
8 逆光 [-] nìguāng (back-light) against the light, backlighting: ~拍摄 (pāishè) take a backlighting photo '
9 辐射 [輻-] fúshè (spoke-shoot) radiate: 太阳~ solar radiation || 核~ nuclear radiation '
10 闪 [閃] shǎn (peek, flash) flash: ~红光 flashing red light || ~着光 flashing light || ~着灯 flashing light (manmade) '
11 发光 [發-] fāguāng (send out-light) give off light: 闪闪~ sparkling with light || 眼睛~ shining eyes || 持续 (chíxù) ~ continue to give off light '
12 闪光 [閃-] shǎnguāng (flash-light) gleam: 眼睛~. The eyes gleamed. '
13 闪烁 [閃爍] shǎnshuò (flash-flicker) twinkle, glimmer: 灯光 ~. The lights twinkled. || 浪花~. The waves glistened. || ~着银光 glimmering silver '
14 闪耀 [閃-] shǎnyào (flash-illuminate) glitter: 星光~ glittering starlight || ~着彩色的光芒 glittering with colorful light '
15 晃眼 [-] huǎngyǎn (dazzle-eye) dazzle, twinkle: 灯光~ dazzling lights || 他刚才还在这儿, 一~就不见了. He was recently still here but was gone in the twinkling of an eye. '
16 焚烧 [-燒] fénshāo (burn hill-burn) burn: 烈火~ set on fire || ~报纸 burn a newspaper || ~垃圾 burn trash/garbage '
17 燃烧 [-燒] ránshāo (on flame-burn) burn, ignite: 充分~ fully ignite || 烈 火~ burning fire || ~的火焰 (huǒyàn, flame) ignited flame '
18 着火 [-] zháohuǒ (on-fire) be on fire: 房屋~ a house on fire '
19 烧 [燒] shāo (burn) burn: ~火 fire || ~干草 burn hay || ~纸 burn paper '
20 开 [開] kāi (open, boiled) boiled: 水~了 the water boiled || ~水 boiled water '
21 沸腾 [-騰] fèiténg (gush-rise) boil: 开水 ~ the water is boiling || 人声~ vocally boiling over, to be impassioned || 球场(的观众)~了. The audience in the stadium is simmering with excitement. '
22 蒸发 [-發] zhēngfā (evaporate-off) evaporate: 水分~ water evaporation || 大量~ a lot of evaporation || 液体 (yètǐ) ~ liquid evaporation '
23 挥发 [揮發] huīfā (volatilize-off) volatile: 瓶子里的酒精都~ 光了. The alcohol inside the bottle has volatilized. || 容易~ easily made volatile || ~快 quickly made volatile '

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