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brimstone

/brim-stohn/US // ˈbrɪmˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈbrɪmˌstəʊn) //

硫磺石,硫磺岩,硫磺,硫磺石膏

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : sulfur.
    • : a virago; shrew.

Examples

  • Some lawmakers were more hellfire-and-brimstone than others.

  • From Cyrus on, however, it was all, to borrow another Biblical allusion, fire and brimstone.

  • Creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss brought the fire and brimstone this season, and for this, deserve the shiny hardware.

  • Mrs. Lincoln, who is a bit of a Bible-thumper, is strongly depicted in the film instead as a fire-and-brimstone conservative.

  • Having never played a villain before, DiCaprio relishes in the opportunity, spewing fire and brimstone.

  • They used to declare that every unbaptised baby would go to Hell and burn for ever in fire and brimstone.

  • Ain't got used to brimstone yet, but I'd trade mosquitoes for sulphur smoke and give some boot.

  • Let equal portions of salt and slaked lime be in one; salt and wood ashes in another; and salt and brimstone in a third.

  • Heave ahead, my lads,” cried the slave captain; “and below there, get those brimstone-pans going at once.

  • Those devils there emptying cargoes of lost souls into the brimstone pits,—surely they could not be men!