单词 | conflagration |
释义 | conflagration —conflagrative, adj. /kon'fleuh gray"sheuhn/, n. a destructive fire, usually an extensive one. [1545-55; < L conflagration- (s. of conflagratio), equiv. to conflagrat(us) ptp. of conflagrare to burn up (con- CON- + flagr- (akin to fulgur lightning, flamma FLAME, Gk phlóx; see PHLOX) + -atus -ATE1) + -ion- -ION] Syn. See flame. |
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