balefire

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bonfire, any large outdoor fire (for example those used in a funeral pyre, or in witches' rituals).
    — Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite.

词形变化

balefires plural

词源

From Middle English bale-fyre, from Old English bǣlfȳr (“balefire, funeral or sacrificial fire”); equivalent to bale (“funeral pyre”) + fire.
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