inferno

英 [ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ]

美 [ɪnˈfɜːrnoʊ]

n.  无法控制的大火

复数：infernos　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.21221 / COCA.18943

牛津词典

noun

• 无法控制的大火
  a very large dangerous fire that is out of control
  1. a blazing/raging inferno
     熊熊的 / 烈焰冲天的火海

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大火灾
  If you refer to a fire as aninferno, you mean that it is burning fiercely and causing great destruction.
  1. Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.
     救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。

英英释义

noun

• a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  Synonym:conflagration
• any place of pain and turmoil
  1. the hell of battle
  2. the inferno of the engine room
  3. when you're alone Christmas is the pits
  Synonym:hellhell on earthhellholesnake pitthe pits

双语例句

• It had become white-hot everywhere. a real inferno.
  到处被烧得白热。一场真正的大火。
• Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.
  救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
• Inferno has all the usual plot elements that Browns legions of fans have come to expect.
  正如布朗的庞大粉丝团所期望的一样，《炼狱》继承了作者写小说中一贯的情节元素。
• Eight people survived the inferno.
  八人从地狱中幸存下来。
• The building was now a raging inferno.
  这座大楼现在正烈焰熊熊。
• He saw a policeman pull a man out of the inferno of his blazing car.
  他看见一个警察从正在燃烧的汽车的火海中把一个人拖出来。
• I think there is an inferno in the company kitchen.
  我觉得公司的厨房着火了。
• The building was a raging inferno minutes after the fire started.
  火灾发生数分钟后，这幢建筑物便成了一片熊熊火海。
• It "s not exactly Dante" s Inferno, but Im working on it.
  家里还没有到但丁的《地狱篇》的地步，不过我在努力。
• A little matter involving some gamblers and an annotated copy of Dante's Inferno.
  是件小事，牵涉到几个赌徒和但丁的《地狱篇》的某个注释本。