1.动词，burn的过去式和过去分词在美国英语中为burned,在英国英语中为burned或burnt。
He burned [burnt] the old letters. 他把旧信烧掉了。
A lighted cigarette burned a hole in his clothes.
点着的香烟在他衣服上烧了一个洞。
The guerrillas burned down the enemy's depot.
游击队放火烧了敌人的仓库。
I wish this cursed place was burned.
我希望这该死的地方被烧毁。
He ordered their villages burned to ashes.
他下令将他们的村庄烧成灰烬。
I'm sad about my toys getting burned in the fire.
我的玩具在这场火中付之一炬，这令我很难过。
The house was burned [burnt] to the ground. 房子被烧成了灰烬。
A complete tenement block was burnt to the ground
整幢公寓大楼被付之一炬。
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：
.the smell of burnt toast.
面包烤焦的味道
a row of burned houses
a charred bit of burnt wood
a burned-over site in the forest
barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
The burnt coil should be renewed.
烧穿的线圈应换新的。
The surgeon applied some ointment to my burnt fingers.
外科医生在我烧伤的指头上敷了一些药膏。
Women were burned as witches in the middle ages...
妇女在中世纪时被当成女巫烧死。
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。
But everyone I know who kept it up at that intensity is burnt out.
我所认识的每个一直保持那种强度的人都劳累过度。
The pancake is burnt.
饼烤焦了。
If plastic and rubber are burnt, they'll give off poisonous gases.
要是塑料和橡胶被焚，就会放出有毒的气体。
3. 以上区别也适合于以下各组词：learned / learnt, spoiled / spoilt, smelled / smelt, dreamed / dreamt, spelled / spelt 等。如：
He learned [learnt] the poem at school. 他在学校学过那首诗。
I dreamed [dreamt] about flying last night. 昨晚我梦见我在飞翔。
Ivor dreamed that he was on a bus...
艾弗梦见他在一辆公共汽车上。
作定语时通常都用不规则形式。如：
Stop acting like spoilt children! 别再像惯坏的孩子那样胡闹了。
Look at these misspelt words. 看看这些拼错的单词吧。
The spilt milk made a terrible mess on the carpet. 牛奶洒在地毯上弄得一塌糊涂。
特例：learned men 学者。
a learned professor
学识渊博的教授
a learned journal
学术性刊物
a learned skill
学来的技能
a learned jurist博学的法学家
He is a serious scholar, a genuinely learned man.
他是一位严谨的学者，一个真正的学问家。
This learned book should start a real debate on Western policy towards the Baltics.
这部学术性著作应该会引发一场关于西方对波罗的海国家政策的大辩论。
Your anxiety is a learned reaction, and it is nurtured and sustained by the events of your everyday life.
人的焦虑是后天反应，由日常生活中的事件催生和维系。
As a child I learned to hunt and fish
从小我就学会了打猎和捕鱼。
The young boy was burning with a fierce ambition...
这个年轻人怀有极其远大的抱负。
He has had his fingers burnt by deals that turned out badly
几笔糟糕的生意让他吃了苦头。
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