Mexicans have a tradition of firing off guns to welcome in the new year.
墨西哥人有鸣枪迎新年的传统。
b)SENDto quickly send an angryletter to someone 匆忙寄发〔表达愤怒的信件〕
I fired off a furious letter to the editor.
我气冲冲地给编辑发了一封信。
Examples from the Corpus
fire off• Behind them stood a line of Mukhabarat men, with orders to shoot anyone who failed to fire or aimed off.• It shouldn't have happened.Anger over the chemicalfire that closed off a town.• Neither resisted, but the man suddenly opened fire before driving offempty-handed.• They agreed they were quite lucky to escape the fire and set off for a foreign country.• The speed the fire had taken off had been astonishing.• Leyland fired one off the bar, and the police threw him in jailovernight.• They returned fire before breaking off the engagement.• Then he could fire the troublemakers off the mountain.