English Dictionary

towering inferno

名詞

詩語

(poetic) A tall fire, as of a building. / A powerful, untamed force.

日本語の意味

そびえ立つ炎（建物などの火災を指す詩的表現） / 力強く制御不能な炎、またはその比喩表現としての圧倒的な勢い

From the hill, we watched the factory become a towering inferno against the night sky.

丘から、私たちはその工場が夜空を背景にそびえ立つ炎になっていくのを見ていた。

意味（1）

(poetic) A tall fire, as of a building.

We fed the campfire until it became a towering inferno before us.

意味（2）

A powerful, untamed force.

[A]nyone saying now that humans are a towering inferno of irrationality ought to be challenged, and aggressively so.

towering infernos （ plural ）