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单词 inferno
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•fer•no /ɪnˈfɜrnoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -nos. 
  1. a place that resembles hell, esp. in heat:The flaming skyscraper had become a towering inferno.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•fer•no  (in fûr′nō; for 3 also It. ēn fer′nô),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nos. 
  1. hell;
    the infernal regions.
  2. a place or region that resembles hell:The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies.
  3. Literature(cap., italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned. Cf. paradise (def. 7), purgatory (def. 2).
  • Late Latin infernus hell, noun, nominal use of Latin infernus; see infernal
  • Italian
  • 1825–35
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged furnace, hellhole, oven.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
inferno /ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ/ n ( pl -nos)
  1. the inferno ⇒ (sometimes capital) hell; the infernal region
  2. any place or state resembling hell, esp a conflagration
Etymology: 19th Century: from Italian, from Late Latin infernus hell
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