inferno

英 [ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ]

美 [ɪnˈfɜːrnoʊ]

n.  无法控制的大火

复数：infernos　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.21221 / COCA.18943

牛津词典

noun

• 无法控制的大火
  a very large dangerous fire that is out of control
  1. a blazing/raging inferno
     熊熊的 / 烈焰冲天的火海

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大火灾
  If you refer to a fire as aninferno, you mean that it is burning fiercely and causing great destruction.
  1. Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.
     救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。

英英释义

noun

• a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  Synonym:conflagration
• any place of pain and turmoil
  1. the hell of battle
  2. the inferno of the engine room
  3. when you're alone Christmas is the pits
  Synonym:hellhell on earthhellholesnake pitthe pits

双语例句

• I think there is an inferno in the company kitchen.
  我觉得公司的厨房着火了。
• It "s not exactly Dante" s Inferno, but Im working on it.
  家里还没有到但丁的《地狱篇》的地步，不过我在努力。
• Inferno has all the usual plot elements that Browns legions of fans have come to expect.
  正如布朗的庞大粉丝团所期望的一样，《炼狱》继承了作者写小说中一贯的情节元素。
• Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.
  救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
• The burning building became an inferno.
  燃烧着的大楼成了地狱般的地方。
• The Sahara strikes us as an eternal inferno of dunes and blue sky.
  撒哈拉沙漠作为一个由沙丘和蓝天构成的恒古地狱时刻威胁着我们。
• Dante is distracted by noises when he is visiting the inferno.
  但丁在炼狱中游历时，听到其他的声音而分心。
• Let the inferno consume you!
  让地狱的烈焰吞噬你们！
• The building was a raging inferno minutes after the fire started.
  火灾发生数分钟后，这幢建筑物便成了一片熊熊火海。
• The building was now a raging inferno.
  这座大楼现在正烈焰熊熊。