pyre是什么意思？

pyre

英[ˈpaɪə(r)] 美[paɪr]

• n. 大堆可燃物，（尤指火葬用的）柴堆；

复数：pyres;

例句

• a funeral pyre 火葬用的柴堆
• the flames of the funeral pyre 柴堆燃烧的火焰
• All the world's a pyre! 整个世界变成了火葬的柴堆!
• The widow leapt into the funeral pyre. 这个寡妇跳进火葬柴堆.
• 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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （火葬或祭祀用的）柴堆
  A pyre is a high pile of wood built outside on which people burn a dead body or other things in a ceremony.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  大堆可燃物,(尤指火葬用的)柴堆
  the flames of the funeral pyre 柴堆燃烧的火焰 a funeral pyre 火葬用的柴堆

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite