dynamite
英 ['daɪnəmaɪt]
美 ['daɪnə'maɪt]
- n. 炸药；具有潜在危险的人（或物）
- vt. 炸毁
- adj. 极好的
CET6+ TEM4 IELTS
dynamite 炸药来自希腊语dynamis, 力量，权力，统治者。瑞典化学家诺贝尔借用该词来指炸药。
- dynamite (n.)
- 1867, from Swedish dynamit, coined 1867 by its inventor, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), from Greek dynamis "power" (see dynamic (adj.)) + -ite (2). Figurative sense of "something potentially dangerous" is from 1922. Positive sense of "dynamic and excellent" by mid-1960s, perhaps originally Black English.
- dynamite (v.)
- 1881, from dynamite (n.). Related: Dynamited; dynamiting.
- 1. Combined with other compounds, they created a massive dynamite-type bomb.
- 将其与其他化合物结合，就制造出杀伤力极强的硝酸甘油炸弹。
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- 2. Fifty yards of track was blown up with dynamite.
- 50码铁轨被炸毁。
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- 3. Her diaries are political dynamite.
- 她的日记是政治“炸药”。
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- 4. Carmen was pure dynamite.
- 卡门充满激情。
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- 5. a stick of dynamite
- 一根达纳炸药
来自《权威词典》
