catch on fire

基本解釋

In many crashes the passenger cabin remained intact and the plane did not catch on fire.
許多失事的飛機(jī)客艙并未受損，飛機(jī)也未著火。
When I had insurance, I could get hit by a bus or catch on fire, you know?And it wouldn't matter.
當(dāng)我還有保險(xiǎn)的時(shí)候，我可以被車撞要不被火燒，你知道吧？
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The Vaimanika Sastra (or Vymaanika-Shaastra) has eight chapters with diagrams, describing three types of aircraft, including apparatuses that could neither catch on fire nor break.
Vaimanika Sastra擁有八章是帶有圖表，描述了三種類型的飛行器，包括既不著火，也不損壞的器械。

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