请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 burning at the stake
释义
burning at the stake
(once / 100164 pages)
n

WORD FAMILY
burning at the stake: burnings at the stake
USAGE EXAMPLES
Five hundred years ago, a man who condoned torture, religious persecution, and burning at the stake wrote a book about the perfect world.
The New Yorker(Sep 26, 2016)
He won’t come out and say the word “heresy,” but he does offer warnings about the prevalence of burnings at the stake.
Seattle Times(May 31, 2016)
After a few centuries of suppression by the Catholic Church and some burnings at the stake, we eventually adjusted to the idea.
Slate(Dec 10, 2014)
n execution by fire
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
burning
auto-da-fe
the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution
putting a condemned person to death
随便看

 

英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/24 8:56:47