| 单词 | fire pile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire pile fire pile n. a pile of flammable material assembled ready for burning; (in early use) spec. a pyre on which a person is burnt to death or a corpse is cremated (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [noun] > pile or pyre adeOE fireeOE baleOE pile1531 stacka1547 funeral pile1555 roge1559 fire pile1577 pyre1638 funeral pyre1658 death pile1791 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > a pile, stack, or bundle faggotc1312 kida1350 faggald1488 bavin1528 woodpile1552 fire pile1577 brush-faggot1606 stalder1611 figate1645 kid-stack1653 stack-wood1664 brush1699 bavin-band1725 pimpa1731 bavin-stack1759 bundle-wood1879 wood-heap1943 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. vi. xl. 116 Epimachus and Alexander..were throwne into a fire pile [Gk. πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ] together with foure women. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xv. 167 Multitudes..martyred..either at one common fire-pyle, or else in barns and dwelling-houses. 1830 Christian Observer Oct. 604/2 Martyrs..led to the torture of the fire-pile. 1863 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 292 Hercules..who has ascended from the fire-pile to the Nectar Hall of Olympus. 1865 Harper's Mag. Jan. 211/1 Let's have as big a fire-pile as wood can make! 1934 Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Gleaner 9 Mar. 24/3 The Rangers and Rovers were around their Camp Fire Pile ready to carry on their programme. 2012 F. Borelli Surviving Zombies viii. 101 It was the first time we'd ever had to put infected-but-not-yet-turned dead human bodies onto the zombie fire pile. < as lemmas |
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