a large outdoor fire for burning waste or as part of a celebration（在室外为焚烧垃圾或为庆祝而燃起的）大火堆，篝火- There will be a bonfire and a firework display.将会点燃篝火，还会有烟火表演。
- Tell the neighbours before you light the bonfire in case they're in the garden.在点燃篝火之前，先告诉邻居，以防他们在花园里。
Topics Religion and festivalsb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + bonfirebonfire + verbSee full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from bone + fire. The term originally denoted a large open-air fire on which bones were burnt (sometimes as part of a celebration), also one for burning heretics or proscribed literature. Dr Johnson accepted the mistaken idea that the word came from French bon ‘good’.