单词 | bonfire |
释义 | bonfire/ˈbɒnfʌɪə /noun A large open-air fire used for burning rubbish or as part of a celebration: the smell of burning leaves from a garden bonfire figurative yet again, events had made a bonfire of her plans...
OriginLate Middle English: from bone + fire. The term originally denoted a large open-air fire on which bones were burnt (sometimes as part of a celebration), also one for burning heretics or proscribed literature. Dr Johnson accepted the mistaken idea that the word came from French bon 'good'. |
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