explosive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ɛkˈspləʊsɪv/|/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/    /ɛkˈsploʊsɪv/|/ɪkˈsploʊsɪv/|/ekˈspləʉsɪv/|/ekˈsplɐʉsɪv/|/ɪkˈspləʉsɪv/|/ɪkˈsplɐʉsɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any explosive substance.
  2. A plosive. dated
    — The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance. The open a sound was predominant, and the explosives k and g.
形容词 adj.
  1. Able to, or likely to, explode.
    — an explosive device
  2. Having the character of an explosion.
    — an explosive fire
  3. Having the character of an explosion.; Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
    — Notes: A rule set that (very probably) results in explosive growth; certainly in area if not population.
  4. Rapidly accelerating. figuratively
    — Near-synonym: plyometric
  5. Shocking; startling. figuratively
    — an explosive accusation
  6. Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person. slang
    — He has an explosive personality.
  7. Synonym of plosive. archaic
    — the explosive consonants

词形变化

more explosive comparative most explosive superlative explosives plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin explōs-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explōdō + the suffix -ive.
词源 2
From Latin explōs-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explōdō + the suffix -ive.
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