Brimstone is a component part of explosive. 硫磺是炸药的一种组成成分。
And then the Lord rained down fire and brimstone from the skies on Sodom and Gomorrah. 然后,天主反火和硫磺象雨一般洒落在所多玛和蛾摩拉那里。他把这两座城市夷为平地,摧毁了整个平原。
He threatens us with fire and brimstone. 他以阴森恐怖的处罚威胁我们。
brimstone
[ noun ] an old name for sulfur <noun.substance>
Brimstone \Brim"stone\, n. [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See {Burn}, v. t., and {Stone}.] Sulphur; See {Sulphur}.
Brimstone \Brim"stone\, a. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.
From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. --Coleridge.
There's a whiff of fire and brimstone in the Outer Hebrides these days as the islanders of Lewis and Harris prepare to defend their Sabbath against a ferry invasion from the Scottish mainland.