hellfire英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The fire of Hell. uncountable

— The sound of the gang was diminishing into the distance, and the prophet of doom, restored to eloquence, was sending threatful bolts of damnation, hell-fire, and a brimstone gehenna hurtling after them.
Fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell. uncountable
A fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity. countable
Ellipsis of AGM-114 Hellfire. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis

形容词 adj.

Of or relating to a violent, apocalyptic and ultimate day of reckoning and judgment; usually characterizing a form of Christian preaching.

— The advance of liberalism, so-called, in Christianity, during the past fifty years, may fairly be called a victory of healthy-mindedness within the church over the morbidness with which the old hell-fire theology was more harmoniously related.

感叹词 intj.

hell; damn; blast

词形变化

hellfires plural Hellfire alternative hell-fire alternative Hell-fire alternative fires alternative hell alternative hell-fire alternative more hellfire comparative most hellfire superlative hell-fire alternative hell-fire alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

heckfire

词源

词源 1

From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).

词源 2

From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).

词源 3

From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).