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

单词

brimstone

释义

brimstone /brimˈstən/

noun

Sulphur (archaic)
A virago, a scold (obsolete)
(in full, brimstone butterfly) a common yellow butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni), related to the cabbage whites

ORIGIN: Literally, burning stone; from OE brȳne a burning, from byrnan to burn, and stone; cf Ger Bernstein

brimˈstony adjective

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