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Change log entry 51818
Processed by: ycandau (2013-11-24 18:12:59 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 49141 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
check these def's (is the 2nd one correct?)

also seems to mean (of an engine) to backfire:
J ~ If the engine backfires, the sudden pressure in the intake manifold forces the valve back.
如果发动机回火,进气歧管骤增的压力就迫使阀门向后移动。

N @ backfire:
backfire [bæk'faɪər]
1. vi. [plan+] 事与愿违
2. vi. [car] [ engine+] 回火
CSCD (see sense #7)
backfire [ˌbækˈfaɪər]
1. [Backfire] noun [Military] 逆火式轰炸机(苏联图-26式轰炸机)
2. noun[c] (指汽车引擎的)逆火,回火
3. noun[c] 回火的声音
4. noun[c] [American English] 迎面火(把草原或森林中一块地带纵火烧光,以阻止火势蔓延)
5. noun[c] 事与愿违
6. vi. 自食恶果,产生事与愿违的结果
7. vi. 回火,逆火
8. vi. 放迎面火(以阻止火势蔓延)
9. vi. [Slang] (有声响地)放屁

X @ 回火 ~ ①把淬火后的工件加热(不超过临界温度),然后冷却,使能保持一定的硬度,增加韧性。也叫配火。
②氧炔吹管等的火焰向反方向燃烧。

Editor:
"...a flame to be lit without risk to the user's hand, should the burner flare back"
Diff:
- 回火 回火 [hui2 huo3] /to temper (iron)/flare-back (in gas burner)/
# + 回火 回火 [hui2 huo3] /to temper (iron)/flare-back (in gas burner)/(of an engine) to backfire/
+ 回火 回火 [hui2 huo3] /to temper (iron)/flare back (in gas burner)/(of an engine) to backfire/
By MDBG 2024
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