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build a pyre for [sb]
build a pyre for 表示“为（死者）搭火葬柴堆”。
They built a pyre for their fallen leader.
他们为倒下的首领搭了一个柴堆。
火葬柴堆
pyres — plural of pyre
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
火葬柴堆
a heap of wood used for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
They built a pyre for their fallen leader.
他们为倒下的首领搭了一个柴堆。
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
Any heap or pile of combustibles.
The villagers built a large pyre for the funeral ceremony.
村民们为葬礼仪式搭建了一个大柴堆。
They placed the body on the pyre and lit the wood.
他们把遗体放在柴堆上并点燃了木头。
The smoke from the pyre rose high into the evening sky.
柴堆冒出的烟升向傍晚的天空。
build a pyre for 表示“为（死者）搭火葬柴堆”。
They built a pyre for their fallen leader.
他们为倒下的首领搭了一个柴堆。
注意 on the pyre 表示放在柴堆上面，而不是放进里面。
They laid the body on the pyre.
他们把遗体放在柴堆上。
pyre 常出现在被动语态中，描述火葬仪式。
The king was cremated on a pyre.
国王在柴堆上火化。
Not this
They burned his body on pyre.
Use this
They burned his body on a pyre.
pyre 是可数名词，指具体一座火葬柴堆时前面需要加限定词（如 a/the）。汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉，所以应说 on a pyre。
Not this
The body was placed in a pyre.
Use this
The body was placed on a pyre.
遗体是放在柴堆上面焚烧的，pyre 指柴堆本身，所以搭配介词用 on，不用 in；in 表示在……里面，不符合语义。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
火葬柴堆
The king's body was placed on a funeral pyre.
国王的遗体被放在火葬柴堆上。
在火葬柴堆上
The warrior's weapons were placed on the pyre beside him.
武士的武器放在他身边的火葬柴堆上。
点燃火葬柴堆
The priest lit the pyre as the crowd fell silent.
人群安静下来，祭司点燃了火葬柴堆。
搭建火葬柴堆
They built a pyre from oak logs.
他们用橡木原木搭建了火葬柴堆。
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pyre 读音像 fire（火），火葬柴堆正是用来点火烧尸的。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式葬礼记述、文学作品 这个词通常用于较正式或文学性的语境，描述火葬时堆放柴木的台子，日常口语中很少用。
fire、wire、tyre、lyre、liar 都与 pyre 押韵（均含 /aɪə/ 音），其中 tyre 和 lyre 拼写也以 -yre 结尾。注意 pure 拼写相近，但读音为 /ˈpjʊə/，并不押韵。
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