a large outdoor fire for burning waste or as part of a celebration (在室外为焚烧垃圾或为庆祝而燃起的)大火堆,篝火 There will be a bonfire and a firework display. 将会点燃篝火,还会有烟火表演。 Tell the neighbours before you light the bonfire in case they're in the garden. 点燃篝火前告诉邻居,以防他们在花园里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blazing
- roaring
- build
- have
- make
- …
- blaze
- burn
Word Originlate Middle English: from bone + fire. The term originally denoted a large open-air fire on which bones were burnt (sometimes as part of a celebration), also one for burning heretics or proscribed literature. Dr Johnson accepted the mistaken idea that the word came from French bon ‘good’.