conflagration
英 [ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn]
美 [ˌkɑːnfləˈɡreɪʃn]
n. 大火灾; 大火
BNC.20935 / COCA.19480
牛津词典
noun
- 大火灾；大火
a very large fire that destroys a lot of land or buildings
柯林斯词典
- 大火;大火灾
Aconflagrationis a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
英英释义
noun
- a very intense and uncontrolled fire
双语例句
- Cried Catherine, sucking her damaged lip, and watching the conflagration with indignant eyes.
凯瑟琳叫着，吮着她那受伤的嘴唇，用愤怒的眼睛瞅着这场火灾。 - Simultaneously with the earthquake came the conflagration.
在地震的同时还发生了大火。 - It is akin to allowing occasional small forest fires to clear the brushwood, rather than extinguishing them and risking a huge conflagration.
这类似于让偶然爆发的小规模森林火灾烧掉那些低矮的灌木丛，而不是将其扑灭，并甘冒酿成大火的风险。 - Some commentators of a more pessimistic outlook, meanwhile, expect to see scientific progress overcome by nuclear conflagration.
而有些拥有较为悲观态度的评论者预测核战争将战胜人类科学进步。 - Fireman: Never has a spark been allowed to exist to develop into a conflagration.
消防队员：我们不让星星之火变成一场火灾。 - His seaside villa outside Athens was spared, but the conflagration prompted the Greek prime minister to promise stricter measures to stop developers from building on land cleared by fires;
他在雅典郊外的海边别墅幸免于难，但是那场火灾促使这位希腊总理承诺采取更严厉的措施，禁止房地产商在被火烧出来的空地上建房； - The fire brigade soon got the conflagration under control.
消防队很快就把火控制住了。 - The focal point to bound the conception of public security disaster accident is that whether or not it includes conflagration, explosion, and poison which are made by criminals on purpose.
治安灾害事故是否包括犯罪分子故意制造的火灾、爆炸、投毒等灾祸，一直是界定这个概念的焦点。 - Cool heads and a sense of proportion can yet stop a global trade conflagration catching hold.
冷静的头脑，加上一些分寸感，也许还是能够阻止一场全球贸易战的爆发。 - Obviously the3 days between the earthquake and the end of the conflagration did not allow for adequate inspections.
显然，从地震开始至火灾熄灭为止的三天内，不允许进行充分的调查。