inferno

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n. 地狱, 地狱似的地方

发音

US /ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/
其它

词形变化

infernoes infernos 复数 infernos

教材释义与例句

名词

阴间，地狱

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A place or situation resembling Hell.

    地狱

  2. 2.

    A large fire; a conflagration.

    The inferno ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its path.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

hell pit hellhole perdition conflagration hell on earth nether region snakepit the pits

上位词 3

part fire region

下位词 3

wildfire hellfire gehenna

相关短语

towering inferno

词源

From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal. The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.

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