dynamite
英 ['daɪnəmaɪt]
美 ['daɪnə'maɪt]
- n. 炸藥；具有潛在危險的人（或物）
- vt. 炸毀
- adj. 極好的
中文詞源
dynamite 炸藥來自希臘語dynamis, 力量，權力，統治者。瑞典化學家諾貝爾借用該詞來指炸藥。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Combined with other compounds, they created a massive dynamite-type bomb.
- 將其與其他化合物結合，就製造出殺傷力極強的硝酸甘油炸彈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Fifty yards of track was blown up with dynamite.
- 50碼鐵軌被炸毀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Her diaries are political dynamite.
- 她的日記是政治“炸藥”。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Carmen was pure dynamite.
- 卡門充滿激情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a stick of dynamite
- 一根達納炸藥
來自《權威詞典》