inflammable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any inflammable substance.
形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of burning.
  2. Easily set on fire.
    — On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length.
  3. Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed. figuratively
  4. Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation. nonstandard

词形变化

more inflammable comparative most inflammable superlative enflammable alternative,rare inflammables plural enflammable alternative,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
inflammableness inflammably
相关词
flammule inflame inflammability inflammable air inflammable cinnabar inflammation

词源

词源 1
From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.
词源 2
From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.
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