1. After the fire all that was left was the burned-out shell of the building. 大火以后所剩下的就是被烧焦的建筑物的外壳了。
2. Cummins is a vast farm-based penitentiary that sits in bleak countryside, strewn with shanties and burned-out churches, 70 miles south-east of Little Rock. 卡明斯是一个建在农场上的大型监狱，它坐落在小石城东南70英里处的荒凉农村，那里到处散落着棚屋和烧毁的教堂。
3. Check for deviations that may indicate burned-out or runaway heaters by slightly raising and lowering the controller set point to see if it turns power on and off. 通过稍增高及降低控制器温度设定点来检查看看它是不是打开和关闭电源，来检查是否有已不能正常工作的加热器。
英英解释
adj.
1. exhausted as a result of longtime stress
2. inoperative as a result of heat or friction
3. destroyed or badly damaged by fire
