柯林斯词典pyre /paɪə/ (pyres) 1. N-COUNT A pyre is a high pile of wood built outdoors on which people burn a dead body or other things in a ceremony. 柴堆; 特指某些儀式中焚燒死屍或其它物的柴堆 返回 pyre剑桥词典a large pile of wood on which a dead body is burned in some parts of the world 火葬堆 A traditional Hindu custom used to involve widows burning themselves alive on their husbands ' funeral pyres. 印度過去有一個傳統習俗，就是將寡婦在丈夫的火葬堆上活活燒死殉葬。 返回 pyre