catch fire ;begin to burn,esp accidentally
烧着,着火（尤指意外地）
A fire started in the roof and soon all the house was alight.
火从屋顶烧着了，很快整个房子烧着了。
"as fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,"
火怎样焚烧树林，火焰怎样烧着山岭。
remain alight,burning,running,etc
保持某种活动状态（亮着、烧着、运动着...）
She became aware that something was burning.
她发觉有东西烧着了.
He stamped out a burning stick.
他把燃烧着的树枝踩灭。
There was fire in his eyes.
眼中似有火焰燃烧着。
the light provided by a burning candle.
燃烧着的蜡烛发出的光。
His mind was Burning with the fires of hell.
他心中燃烧着地狱之火。
The flames licked the sides of the fireplace.
火焰卷烧着壁炉边缘。
Stamp out a burning stick
把燃烧着的树枝踏灭
The burning wood sparked.
燃烧着的木头飞出火星。
Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.
摩西观看，不料，荆棘被火烧着，却没有烧毁。
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
因为在我怒中有火烧起，直烧到极深的阴间，把地和地的出产尽都焚烧，山的根基也烧着了。
Tevershall pit-bank was Burning, had been Burning for years, and it would cost thousands to put it out. So it had to Burn.
达娃斯哈的煤堤在燃烧着,已经燃烧好几年了,要熄灭它非一宗大款不可,所以只好任它烧着。
His limbs, his body, took fire and beat up in flames.
他的四肢和身体象着了火一样，熊熊燃烧着。
flare point
【化】燃烧点, 着火点
Setting fire to the letter, he made her watch it burn.
他点火烧那些信时让她看着那信燃烧。