transcription, транскрипция: [ bɜ:(r)nɪŋ ]
1.
You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
...the burning desert of Central Asia.
ADJ
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Burning is also an adverb.
He touched the boy’s forehead. It was burning hot.
= scorching
ADV : ADV adj
2.
If you have a burning interest in something or a burning desire to do something, you are extremely interested in it or want to do it very much.
I had a burning ambition to become a journalist...
She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.
= passionate
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
A burning issue or question is a very important or urgent one that people feel very strongly about.
The burning question in this year’s debate over the federal budget is: whose taxes should be raised?
ADJ : ADJ n