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Burn off Meaning in English

expression

ˈbɝn/ /ˈɔf
BURN-awf
bˈɜːn/ /ˈɒf
BURN-of

释义

To use energy so that something disappears, often calories during exercise, or for something like fog or liquid to disappear because of heat.

用法与细微差别

'Burn off' is informal and most often used for calories/fat in exercise ('burn off those extra calories'), but can refer to mist/fog dissipating with heat. Do not use it for burning objects (use 'burn'). Common in health and weather contexts.

例句

I go running to burn off extra calories.

basic

The sun will burn off the morning fog.

basic

He swims to burn off stress after work.

basic

We ate way too much—let's walk to burn off some of that pizza.

natural

The clouds should burn off by noon and it’ll be sunny.

natural

I take the stairs at work to burn off a few extra calories each day.

natural