hellfire的词源

英文词源

hellfire (n.)

also hell fire, from Old English hellefyr, in which helle is the genitive case of hell. It translates Greek gehenna tou pyros, literally "fiery hell." Also used in Middle English for "erysipelas" (mid-15c.).

中文词源

hellfire：地狱之火

hell,地狱，fire,烈火。即地狱烈火，对应天上纯火（三昧真火）ether,empyrean.比较inferno.

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