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单词 funeral pyre
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Definition of funeral pyre in English:

funeral pyre

(also funeral pile)
noun
  • A pile of wood on which a corpse is burnt as part of a funeral ceremony.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the funeral pyre smoldered, nearly burnt out, the first flakes of snow rained down, falling over the bones like frozen tears over a flaming grave.
    • The wooden coffin carrying the dead body was also consigned to flames on the funeral pyre by his family members who thought that the box had become a part of the mortal remains of Late Suraj.
    • His funeral pyre caught fire of its own accord, and Gautama Buddha entered Nirvna.
    • And on the seventh day it came to pass that the lorry was finally dispatched to empty its now stinking load onto a funeral pyre to be burned.
    • With a sob, he began dragging the corpse to the soon-to-be funeral pyre.
    • Hnaf's and his son's bodies were placed on the funeral pyre to burn away the memory of hatred and war.
    • The lieutenant had sputtered indignantly that they at least be allowed to build a funeral pyre out of wood for them to be burned on top of, but Orion would not give.
    • The embers of the funeral pyre pulsed like a heartbeat as the sun rose over the desert sands.
    • If we do that and build a funeral pyre - maybe something will rise from the ashes - a phoenix - a new life for both of us.
    • The guides stacked the corpses, wrapped them in plastic, then piled ice on top to keep them cool until a funeral pyre could be assembled from wood they had carried to base camp.
    • ‘Is it a person covered in a blanket seeking warmth from a fire, or is it the funeral pyre waiting patiently to receive a dead body,’ asks the artist rhetorically in a footnote.
    • When Tempsky died in 1868, at the age of 40, his body was burnt by his enemies on a funeral pyre but neither his name nor his art died with him.
    • The death of the hero brings an apocalyptic reckoning: as Brunnhilde, in a heroic act of self-sacrifice, mounts Siegfried's horse to the funeral pyre.
    • The funeral pyre threw sparks into the air as wood settled.
    • This monument is a funeral pyre on which the king burns all his possessions, his slave and himself.
    • Cloth also serves as an intermediary with the supernatural world in rituals like cremations when hundreds of meters are set ablaze on a funeral pyre as it accompanies the soul of the dead to the other world.
    • Her elegance belies the bitterness and revenge at her heart - a rather stylish and svelte old dear, for whom the funeral pyre seems a slightly unfair fate.
    • The traditional fate of Indian widows was to be burned alive on the funeral pyre of their husbands.
    • But the pressure still continues on such mothers to somehow produce a male child who can inherit the family lands and also light the funeral pyre of the father, since Hindu custom demands that this rite be performed by a male successor.
    • As tokens of respect for the deceased, these are thrown on the funeral pyre, which consists of piles of wood under an ornate paste pagoda.
 
 

Definition of funeral pyre in US English:

funeral pyre

nounˈfyo͞on(ə)rəl ˈpī(ə)r
  • A pile of wood on which a corpse is burned as part of a funeral ceremony in some traditions.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And on the seventh day it came to pass that the lorry was finally dispatched to empty its now stinking load onto a funeral pyre to be burned.
    • His funeral pyre caught fire of its own accord, and Gautama Buddha entered Nirvna.
    • The wooden coffin carrying the dead body was also consigned to flames on the funeral pyre by his family members who thought that the box had become a part of the mortal remains of Late Suraj.
    • This monument is a funeral pyre on which the king burns all his possessions, his slave and himself.
    • The guides stacked the corpses, wrapped them in plastic, then piled ice on top to keep them cool until a funeral pyre could be assembled from wood they had carried to base camp.
    • Her elegance belies the bitterness and revenge at her heart - a rather stylish and svelte old dear, for whom the funeral pyre seems a slightly unfair fate.
    • As the funeral pyre smoldered, nearly burnt out, the first flakes of snow rained down, falling over the bones like frozen tears over a flaming grave.
    • But the pressure still continues on such mothers to somehow produce a male child who can inherit the family lands and also light the funeral pyre of the father, since Hindu custom demands that this rite be performed by a male successor.
    • Hnaf's and his son's bodies were placed on the funeral pyre to burn away the memory of hatred and war.
    • With a sob, he began dragging the corpse to the soon-to-be funeral pyre.
    • Cloth also serves as an intermediary with the supernatural world in rituals like cremations when hundreds of meters are set ablaze on a funeral pyre as it accompanies the soul of the dead to the other world.
    • The death of the hero brings an apocalyptic reckoning: as Brunnhilde, in a heroic act of self-sacrifice, mounts Siegfried's horse to the funeral pyre.
    • The lieutenant had sputtered indignantly that they at least be allowed to build a funeral pyre out of wood for them to be burned on top of, but Orion would not give.
    • ‘Is it a person covered in a blanket seeking warmth from a fire, or is it the funeral pyre waiting patiently to receive a dead body,’ asks the artist rhetorically in a footnote.
    • The traditional fate of Indian widows was to be burned alive on the funeral pyre of their husbands.
    • As tokens of respect for the deceased, these are thrown on the funeral pyre, which consists of piles of wood under an ornate paste pagoda.
    • When Tempsky died in 1868, at the age of 40, his body was burnt by his enemies on a funeral pyre but neither his name nor his art died with him.
    • The embers of the funeral pyre pulsed like a heartbeat as the sun rose over the desert sands.
    • The funeral pyre threw sparks into the air as wood settled.
    • If we do that and build a funeral pyre - maybe something will rise from the ashes - a phoenix - a new life for both of us.
 
 
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