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brim·stone AHD[brĭmʹstōn'] D.J.[ˈbrɪmˌstəʊn]K.K.[ˈbrɪmˌston]n.(名词)- Sulfur.硫磺(石)
- Damnation to hell; hellfire.打入地狱;地狱之火
- Fiery or passionate rhetoric:激烈或热情的言辞:"the great American evangelist of Yankee bargain-hunting, converting us . . . with the brimstone of his secular preaching"(Rushworth M. Kidder)“四处寻觅便宜货的那个伟大的美国佬布道者,进行世俗的劝诫时那热情洋溢的言辞改变了我们…”(拉什沃思M.基德尔)
- Middle English brimston 中古英语 brimston
- from Old English brynstān * see g wher- 源自 古英语 brynstān * 参见 g wher-
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