inferno
发音
英 [ɪnˈfɜ:nəʊ]
美 [ɪnˈfɜrnoʊ]
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- n.
- 地狱
- 阴间
- 可怕的东西
单词词源
inferno 无法控制的大火
来自拉丁语infra,在下面的,低的,词源同netherworld.引申词义地狱,即地狱烈火,后用以形容无法控制的大火。参照hellfire.
双语例句
- 1. Not surprisingly nietzsche made several references to dante 's inferno during that period .
- 那一时期的尼采参考了一些但丁《神曲》的地狱篇,这毫不奇怪。
- 2. The windows had iron bars on them leaving only one door to escape the inferno .
- 联谊会的窗户上安装了铁制栏杆,只能通过一扇门来逃离当时的灼热地狱。
- 3. Mr sheets met hostages emerging from the inferno , wounded , filthy and in shock .
- 史茨见到了从地狱中逃生的人质,他们伤痕累累,肮脏不堪而且惊恐不已。
- 4. Amid this inferno nicaragua , the poorest country in mainland latin america , is remarkably safe .
- 在拉美大陆上最贫穷的国家地狱般的尼加拉瓜却意想不到的安全。
- 5. The live coverage had already shifted from shots of people waving shirts from windows to people stepping into air , a desperate effort to escape the inferno .
- 直播画面这时已经从在窗口挥舞着衬衫的人们切换成徒劳地想逃脱地狱而从高空跃下的人们。