bonfire
英['b?nfa??]
美['bɑnfa??]
- n. 篝火；營火
詞態變化
復數:?bonfires;
中文詞源
bonfire 篝火
來自bone, 骨頭。fire, 火。古義指焚燒動物尸骨作為一種宗教儀式。后指篝火，bone刻意脫落字母e變成詞根bon , 好，漂亮。
英文詞源
- bonfire
- bonfire: [14] A bonfire was originally a fire in which bones were burned. References to such (presumably rather evil-smelling) fires, which were large open air affairs, continue down to the 18th century, but latterly they have a distinctly antiquarian air, as if such things were a thing of the past. By the later 15th century the word was already passing to the more general modern meaning ‘large outdoor fire’, either celebratory (as in Bonfire Night, 5 November) or for destroying refuse.
=> bone - bonfire (n.)
- 1550s, from Middle English banefire (late 15c.), originally a fire in which bones were burned. See bone (n.) + fire (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. The bonfire was still smouldering the next day.
- 到了第二天，篝火還在悶燃。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. They piled wood onto the bonfire until the flames roared.
- 他們不斷往篝火上加木柴,直到火光沖天.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. A downpour of rain put out the children's bonfire.
- 一陣大雨把孩子們的營火都澆滅了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The bonfire lightened the sky.
- 營火照亮了天空.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. With the help of his gun and a bonfire, the hunter fought off two hungry tigers.
- 借助一把獵槍和一堆篝火, 獵人趕跑了兩只饑餓的老虎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》