explosion

名词 n.
/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/    /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/|/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding. countable,uncountable
    — A man was injured by an explosion caused by drilling into a missed shot at the Mendota mine above Silver Plume, Colo.
  2. The sound of an explosion. countable,uncountable
  3. A sudden, uncontrolled or rapid increase, expansion, or bursting out. countable,uncountable
    — As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

词形变化

explosions plural

词源

From French explosion, from Latin explōsiōnis, genitive form of explōsio, from explōdo (“to drive out by clapping”), from ex- and plōdo (“to clap or strike”). For more information see explode.
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