1650s, from Latin pyra and directly from Greek pyra "funeral pyre; altar for sacrifice; any place where fire is kindled," from pyr "fire," cognate with Old English fyr (see fire (n.)).
pyre 英文释义
1. wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
pyre 双语例句
1. Gasoline for the pyre is getting to be a real problem.
用于焚尸的汽油越来越成为一个难以解决的问题.
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2. The glow of a funeral pyre slowly dies by the silent river.
火葬灰中的红光在沉静的河边慢慢地熄灭下去.
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3. But as he watched the pyre, the archon softened.
但当执政官望着柴堆的时候,他的内心动摇了.
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4. The widow leapt into the funeral pyre.
这个寡妇跳进火葬柴堆.
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5. All the world's a pyre!
整个世界变成了火葬的柴堆!
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pyre 实用场景例句
The two wicked sisters and the scorpion were burned on a pyre skyhigh.
两个狠毒的姐姐和刚生出来的蝎子,被拉到高高的木柴垛上烧死了.
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The widow leapt into the funeral pyre.
这个寡妇跳进火葬柴堆.
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The mythical Phoenix bird was thought to build its funeral pyre out of frankincense and myrrh.
神话中的长生鸟被认为是葬礼上燃烧乳香和没药这种习俗的建立者.
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Gasoline for the pyre is getting to be a real problem.
用于焚尸的汽油越来越成为一个难以解决的问题.
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All the world's a pyre!
整个世界变成了火葬的柴堆!
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Faramir is lowered onto the pyre. A man's life hangs in the balance.
法拉墨落到柴堆上, 这人的生命垂危未定.
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The glow of a funeral pyre slowly dies by the silent river.
火葬灰中的红光在沉静的河边慢慢地熄灭下去.
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The Phoenix was said to build its funeral pyre out of myrrh, frankincense, and other spices.
凤凰(长生鸟)据说是用没药, 乳香和其他香料来建立火葬.
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Thunderbolts then fell from the sky and at once reduced the pyre to ashes.
