inferno

英[?n'f??n??] 美

近義詞hell

反義詞

復數:?infernos;

inferno 無法控制的大火

來自拉丁語infra,在下面的，低的，詞源同netherworld.引申詞義地獄，即地獄烈火，后用以形容無法控制的大火。參照hellfire.

inferno: inferno: [19] Etymologically, an inferno is that which is ‘below’. The word comes ultimately from Latin infernus, meaning ‘situated below, subterranean’. In ancient mythology, the nether regions were the abode of the dead, so inferna came to be used as the equivalent of Dis, and the Greek Hades. In Jewish and Christian belief, this basement area was the realm of evil spirits, and consequently in late Latin infernus came to cover much the same semantic ground as English hell.

In Italian this became inferno, and English adopted it (strongly under the influence of the Inferno of Dante’s Divine Comedy) in that form in the early 19th century. Its metaphorical use for ‘intense heat’, inspired by the stereotypical flames of hell, is a comparatively recent development. Meanwhile the related infernal [14] (from late Latin infernalis) had long since taken up residence in English, and by the 18th century was being used as an expletive (as in ‘their infernal cheek’).
inferno (n.): 1834, from Italian inferno, from Latin infernus (see infernal).

1. Lucent's Inferno is an entire system, designed for embedded systems.: 朗訊公司的Inferno是為嵌入式系統設計的完整系統.

2. Inferno logically mirrors Java by including a virtual machine, programming language, and communications protocol.: Inferno包含了虛擬機、編程語言和通信協議,故在邏輯上是Java的鏡像.

3. Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.: 救援人員奮力營救大火中的受害者。

4. This was an inferno of pain and smell and noise and hurry -- hurry -- hurry!: 這是一個充滿了痛苦、臭味、喧囂和忙亂的地獄 -- 忙亂,多么忙亂啊!

5. The inferno spewed a deadly plume of radioactive isotopes into the atmosphere.: 這個象煉獄般的地方將一縷致死的放射性同位素噴入大氣層.