bonfire: [14] A bonfire was originally a fire in which bones were burned. References to such (presumably rather evil-smelling) fires, which were large open air affairs, continue down to the 18th century, but latterly they have a distinctly antiquarian air, as if such things were a thing of the past. By the later 15th century the word was already passing to the more general modern meaning ‘large outdoor fire’, either celebratory (as in Bonfire Night, 5 November) or for destroying refuse. => bone
bonfire (n.)
1550s, from Middle English banefire (late 15c.), originally a fire in which bones were burned. See bone (n.) + fire (n.).
双语例句
1. The bonfire was still smouldering the next day.
到了第二天，篝火还在闷燃。
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2. They piled wood onto the bonfire until the flames roared.
他们不断往篝火上加木柴,直到火光冲天.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. A downpour of rain put out the children's bonfire.
一阵大雨把孩子们的营火都浇灭了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The bonfire lightened the sky.
营火照亮了天空.
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5. With the help of his gun and a bonfire, the hunter fought off two hungry tigers.
