• n. 篝火；營火

來自bone, 骨頭。fire, 火。古義指焚燒動物尸骨作為一種宗教儀式。后指篝火，bone刻意脫落字母e變成詞根bon , 好，漂亮。

bonfire

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.
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bonfire (n.)

1550s, from Middle English banefire (late 15c.), originally a fire in which bones were burned. See bone (n.) + fire (n.).

1. The bonfire was still smouldering the next day.

到了第二天，篝火還在悶燃。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. They piled wood onto the bonfire until the flames roared.

他們不斷往篝火上加木柴,直到火光沖天.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A downpour of rain put out the children's bonfire.

一陣大雨把孩子們的營火都澆滅了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The bonfire lightened the sky.

營火照亮了天空.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. With the help of his gun and a bonfire, the hunter fought off two hungry tigers.

借助一把獵槍和一堆篝火, 獵人趕跑了兩只饑餓的老虎.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》