pyre

C2 FREQ #24763

n. (火葬用)柴堆

发音

其它 /ˈpaɪɚ/

词形变化

pyres 复数 pyres

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

    火葬用的柴堆

    The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.

    The effigy was set ablaze on the pyre.

    For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare.

  2. 2.

    Any heap or pile of combustibles.

    Flames rose high from the pyre in the night sky.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

funeral pyre

上位词 6

pile heap mound agglomerate cumulation cumulus

相关短语

funeral pyre [网络] 火葬用的木柴堆；火葬；火葬堆

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire.

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