conflagration

n. 大火灾, 大火, 冲突 [化] 暴燃; 快速燃烧

发音

US /ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/

词形变化

conflagrations 复数 conflagrations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

    大火

    燹

    火灾

    可数 不可数

    It took sixty firefighters to put out the conflagration.

  2. 2.

    A large-scale conflict.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  3. 3.

    A situation of great passion or emotion.

    可数 比喻 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

inferno

上位词 1

fire

下位词 1

wildfire

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Italic *flagrosder.? Latin flagrō Latin cōnflagrō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin cōnflagrātiōder. Middle Frenchbor. English conflagration From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”).

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