单词 | to commit to the flames |
释义 | > as lemmasto commit to the flames d. plural (with the) = fire. Chiefly with reference to death or destruction by burning. Phrase, to commit to the flames. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > red amber-bush1607 carrots?1671 flame1817 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 249/2 The blessid chyldren wente thorugh the flambes. 1656 A. Cowley Misc. 10 in Poems Pity him Jove, and his bold Theft allow, The flames he once stole from thee grant him now. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 55. 354 He was put into the flames with the General Acclamation of the Multitude. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. ix. 191 Ziska..condemned the rest to the flames. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. xxv. 262 When the consuming flames had wrapt ye round. < as lemmas |
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