| 单词 | funeral pyre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfuneral pyre funeral pyre n. a pile of wood or other combustible material, used for the ritual burning of a dead body; frequently figurative. 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 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A2 The Funerall pyre was out, and the last valediction over. 1871 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Dec. 679/1 Its crowded wards could not fail to become the funeral pyres of most of the wretched occupants. 1994 J. Cohen & I. Stewart Collapse of Chaos iii. 68 [They] wrote a letter to the journal Nature that lit the funeral pyre of any explanation of biological development not founded in chemistry. 2002 N. Walker Blackbox (2003) 348 The practice of suttee required a woman to follow her deceased husband to his funeral pyre. funeral pyre A pile or heap of wood or other combustible material; esp. (frequently in funeral pyre) such a pile used for the ritual burning of a dead body. Cf. pile n.6 1c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [noun] > a heap or stack ruck?c1225 pyre1638 fire1792 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 1638 R. Farley Lychnocausia sig. C3 Aire maketh way for flame, Earth builds a pyre, My moisture feeds the still consuming fire. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A2 When the Funerall pyre was out, and the last valediction over, men took a lasting adieu of their interred Friends. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 358 With tender Billet-doux he lights the Pyre. 1760 J. Cunningham Poet. Ess. 12 Like the famed Phoenix from his Pyre shall spring, Another George as Gracious, as Beloved, As Good, and Glorious as the Parent King. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama i. 10 Then hand in hand the victim band Roll in the dance around the funeral pyre. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxix. 4 Near the pyre they mourn Where weeps a mother o'er the lost, the kind one son. 1925 L. O'Flaherty Informer xvi. 250 The fire was more like the remains of a funeral pyre, because the ashes had accumulated for weeks. 1951 N. Monsarrat Cruel Sea (1953) iii. vi. 216 She burned for a long time..becoming at last a flickering oily pyre that the convoy slowly left astern. 1990 Hindu (Coimbatore) 26 Jan. 9/3 The pyre was lit by the Damdami Tassal chief, Thakar Singh. < as lemmas |
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