一、burned 和 burnt 都是 burn 的过去式或过去分词
1、作动词时,译为“燃烧,着火,(使)烧毁,烧伤,烧死”等,例如:
burned:
A wood fire burned in the grate.木柴在炉栅中燃烧着。
Ten people burned to death in the hotel fire.旅馆火灾中有十人被烧死。
She burned the letters so that her husband would never read them.
她把那些信都烧了以便永远不让她丈夫看见。
burnt:
A hot coal fell out of the fire and burnt the carpet.一块燃烧着的煤块从火炉里掉出来把地毯烧了。
His greatest fear is of being burnt alive.他最怕的是被活活烧死。
The fire had burnt out before the fire engines arrived.救火车到达之前火就熄灭了。
2、作形容词时,译为“烧坏的;烧伤的;烫伤的;灼伤的”,
例如:
burned:
The burned marshmallow belongs to Jerry.
烧过的棉花糖是杰瑞的。
burnt:
Give me the crayon called burnt orange.
把那支叫焦橙色的蜡笔给我。
The surgeon applied some ointment to my burnt fingers.
外科医生在我烧伤的指头上敷了一些药膏。