pyre
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
pyres
- 1.
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.
The effigy was set ablaze on the pyre.
For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare.
- 2.
Any heap or pile of combustibles.
Flames rose high from the pyre in the night sky.
Nguồn gốc từ
grk-pro ine-pro Latin pyra (pyre, funeral pile), from Ancient Greek πυρά, from πῦρ (fire). fire.