accelerant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əkˈsɛləɹ(ə)nt/|/æk-/    美 /əkˈsɛləɹənt/|/æk-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.; In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.
    — Accelerant was poured across the beds where the two daughters of a family in Cheshire, Conn., had been tied before a fire during a home invasion in 2007, a fire investigator told jurors on Friday.
  2. Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.; A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
  3. Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else. figuratively
    — Hello Neighbor’s experience reflects the rise of video sites like YouTube as an accelerant for the video game business.
形容词 adj.
  1. Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.

词形变化

accelerants plural more accelerant comparative most accelerant superlative

词汇关系

相关词
accelerate accelerated accelerating acceleration accelerator nonaccelerated nonaccelerating unaccelerate unaccelerated unaccelerating catalyst

词源

词源 1
From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs).
词源 2
From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs).
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