以上区别也适合于以下各组词：learned / learnt, spoiled / spoilt, smelled / smelt, dreamed / dreamt, spelled / spelt 等。
He burned [burnt] the old letters. 他把旧信烧掉了。
The house was burned [burnt] to the ground. 房子被烧成了灰烬。
2. 用于名词前作定语时，无论在英国英语还是美国英语中，通常都用 burnt。如：
Look at the burnt sugar. 瞧这烧焦了的糖。
He showed me his burnt finger. 他给看了它烧伤的手指。
He had a skin graft on the burnt leg. 他烧伤的腿上做了皮肤移植。
另外，作表语时也通常用burnt。如：
Your hand looks badly burnt. 你的手好像受了很重的烫伤。
3. 以上区别也适合于以下各组词：learned / learnt
单词：burn的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
burn/fuel/ash/fire/flame/flaming/fierce/hurt/harm/injure/injury/wound/ache/pain
记忆：
1. burn v. 烧, 烧焦, 点(灯) n. 烧伤, 灼伤 The old wooden house was burnt down unexpectedly. 那旧木房子意外地烧毁了。 格言：A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳.
2. fuel u,音“油”，n. 燃料 You can’t fuel the fire!你不能火上加油！
3. ash sh, 拼音“烧”ash, 烧尽后的灰烬 The ashes on the ground suggests there was a fire before. 地上的灰表明那儿曾经生过火。
4. fire n. 火 vi.开枪, 射击, 解雇 Don’t make a fire in the office however cold it is. Otherwise, you will be fired. 无论多冷都不能在办公室内生火，否则你会被解雇的。
5. flame n. 火焰 Our hands will draw back the moment they touch a flame. 我们的手一接触到火就会收回去。
6. flaming adj. 燃烧的, 热烈的, 火红的 The flaming sky is a kind of beauty. 火红的天空别样美。
7. fierce adj. 火一般的凶猛 The tiger is a fierce animal. 老虎是一种凶猛的动物。
8. hurt n. To cause physical damage or pain to; injure. To cause mental or emotional suffering to v. (使)痛心, (使)伤感情, 危害, 损害, 受伤 n.伤痛, 伤害 What you said has hurt her. 你说的话已经伤害了她。
9. harm Physical or psychological injury or damage vt. 伤害, 损害 n. 伤害, 损害 do harm to 危害 The waste water does great harm to the environment.废水严重危害着环境。
10. injure To cause damage to vt. 损害, 伤害 He was injured in the left leg in the accident. 在这次意外中他的左腿受了伤。
11. injury n. 伤害 Soon there will be no sign of injury. 不久伤痕便会消失殆尽。
12. wound n. 创伤, 伤口 vt. 伤 Stevenson was seriously wounded in the Iraqi War in 2004. 史蒂文森在2004年的伊拉克战争中受了重伤。
13. ache n. 疼痛 To suffer a dull, sustained pain vi. 觉得疼痛, 渴望 These days my head is aching. 这些日子我头痛。
14. pain n. 痛苦, 疼, 劳苦, 努力 vt.使痛苦 The boy looks in pain. 那男孩看起来很痛苦。
另类阅读：
Fuels such as oil can catch a fire easily and burn things into ashes. People may be injured and suffer pains. The fire can do more harm to us than a fierce tiger. So we must be careful of them. Even when we have a headache or wounded hurting hands, we should be alert to any flame.
与单词：burn 相关的例句或者名人名言
How can she be so useless, only she could burn toast!
她真没用，只有她能把面包烤糊！
We burn these for our ancestors in the spirit world.
我们烧纸来给冥界的祖先。
In summer, they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.
夏天他们通常点香驱蚊。
N-COUNT. 焰火;烟花. Fireworks are small objects that are lit to entertain people on special occasions. They contain chemicals and burn brightly or attractively, often with a loud noise, when you light them.
The stove is burning brightly.
炉火正旺。
※Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you ; music cannot punish ---- only bless.Arthur Schnabel, Austrian pianist——阳光可能炙烤你，食品可能毒害你，言语可能诅咒你，图画可能侮辱你——音乐不会处罚你只会祝福你。奥地利钢琴家 施纳贝尔 A
※Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。
※Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers. 靠欺骗得来的利益会使自己受害。
