回火 — meaning in English
huí huǒ
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English meaning
- dip verb To lower something briefly into a liquid.
- drench verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
- income noun Money received regularly, especially from work, business, or investments.
- mash noun A soft, pulpy mixture made by crushing or beating something, especially mashed potatoes.
- quench verb To satisfy thirst, or more broadly, a strong desire.
- revenue noun The total money a business, organization, or government takes in before costs are subtracted.
- temper noun A person's tendency to become angry, or a fit of anger itself.
Senses
回火 is used for these senses in English:
- dip (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- drench To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
- income Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
- mash (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
- quench (transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
- revenue The income returned by an investment.
- temper The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
- tempering (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; temper.
dip — full definition
- verb To lower something briefly into a liquid.
- verb To drop slightly in level, value, or amount.
- noun A thick sauce for dunking food such as chips or vegetables.
- noun A brief swim.
- noun A slight downward slope or drop in a surface.
drench — full definition
- verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
- noun A dose of medicine given to an animal, often forced down its throat.