inferno

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place or situation resembling Hell.
    — At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
  2. A large fire; a conflagration.
    — The inferno ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its path.

词形变化

infernos plural

词汇关系

近义词
afterlife
衍生词
towering inferno
相关词
infernal

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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