• n. 篝火；营火

来自bone, 骨头。fire, 火。古义指焚烧动物尸骨作为一种宗教仪式。后指篝火，bone刻意脱落字母e变成词根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，篝火还在闷燃。

来自《权威词典》

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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

借助一把猎枪和一堆篝火, 猎人赶跑了两只饥饿的老虎.

来自《简明英汉词典》