单词 | inferno |
释义 | inferno /in ferr"noh/; for 3 also It. /een ferdd"naw/, n. , pl. infernos. 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. (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). [1825-35; < It < LL infernus hell, n. use of L infernus; see INFERNAL] Syn. 2. furnace, hellhole, oven. |
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