英语词汇“balefire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

balefire

/ˈbeɪlfʌɪə/

noun US

A large open-air fire.When the solstice lordship settled upon him, he had rousted the minstrels and set great back-alley feasts, lighting the lives of London's poor like a balefire on a barren heath....

In many parts of the British Isles these balefires are still lighted on Samhain to honor the old ways.
Even today, balefires are lit all over Britain and Ireland on May Eve, just as they were in the past.

Origin

Old English (recorded in poetry), from obsolete bale 'great fire' + fire.

单词	balefire
释义	balefire /ˈbeɪlfʌɪə/ noun US A large open-air fire.When the solstice lordship settled upon him, he had rousted the minstrels and set great back-alley feasts, lighting the lives of London's poor like a balefire on a barren heath.... In many parts of the British Isles these balefires are still lighted on Samhain to honor the old ways. Even today, balefires are lit all over Britain and Ireland on May Eve, just as they were in the past. Origin Old English (recorded in poetry), from obsolete bale 'great fire' + fire.
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