bushfire
noun [ C ] (also bush fire) uk/ˈbʊʃ.faɪər/ us/ˈbʊʃ.faɪr/
林区大火
a fire burning in the bush (= a wild area of land) that is difficult to control and sometimes spreads quickly
Eight people died as bushfires swept southern Australia. 丛林大火席卷澳大利亚南部，造成8人死亡。
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- Today has been horrifically hot, there's a bushfire very close and the whole city smells of burning.
- A tourist appeared in court accused of starting a bush fire with a cigarette.
- Since his confession, the scandal has spread like a bushfire through the party.
- There is a growing list of banks burnt out by the wild bushfire of the global liquidity crisis.