中文语境里,“爆火”意味着某人或者某物在短时间内快速流行开来或者被更多的人知道,英文中有一个专门的词语来表示“爆火”:
viral
“viral”作为形容词时有“病毒的;病毒性的;病毒引起的”等含义,除此以外,它还特指在短时间内突然流行或者被更多人知道。
英文释义为:something that quickly becomes very popular or well known by being published on the internet or sent from person to person by email, phone.
举个栗子
▶ Here's a list of the top ten viral videos this week.
▶ 这是本周十大热门视频清单。
▶ Within days the film clip went viral.
▶ 几天时间内,这个电影片段就火起来了。