explosion

• n. 爆炸；爆發；激增

來自explode, 爆炸。

explosion (n.)

1620s, "action of driving out with violence and noise," from French explosion, from Latin explosionem (nominative explosio) "a driving off by clapping," noun of action from past participle stem of explodere "drive out by clapping" (see explode for origin and sense evolution). Meaning "a going off with violence and noise" is from 1660s. Sense of "a rapid increase or development" is first attested 1953.

1. A violent explosion seemed to jolt the whole ground.

劇烈的爆炸好像要把整個地麵都掀起來。

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2. A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo.

一架直升機在瓦列霍爆炸起火並墜毀。

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3. The house was unoccupied at the time of the explosion.

爆炸發生的時候房子裏沒有人。

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4. The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do.

該試驗能準確地預測一次更大爆炸的威力。

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5. Investigators say that a fuel explosion may have caused the crash.

調查員說燃料爆炸有可能是失事的根源。

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