| 单词 | inflammable |
| 释义 | inflammable[ in-flam-uh-buhl ] / ɪnˈflæm ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inflammable ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivecapable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable. easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible: an inflammable disposition. nounsomething inflammable. VIDEO FOR INFLAMMABLEWATCH NOW: This Or That: Play Along With This Quiz Show On Commonly Confused WordsToday, we're quizzing people on camera in front of you all to see if they know the difference between these commonly confused words. Do you know the answers? Origin of inflammable1595–1605; <Medieval Latin inflammābilis, equivalent to Latin inflammā(re) to inflame + -bilis-ble SYNONYMS FOR inflammable2 fiery, volatile, choleric. SEE SYNONYMS FOR inflammable ON THESAURUS.COM words often confused with inflammableInflammable and flammable both mean “combustible.” Inflammable is the older by about 200 years. Flammable now has certain technical uses, particularly as a warning on vehicles carrying combustible materials, because of a belief that some might interpret the intensive prefix in- of inflammable as a negative prefix and thus think the word means “noncombustible.” Inflammable is the word more usually used in nontechnical and figurative contexts: The speaker ignited the inflammable emotions of the crowd. OTHER WORDS FROM inflammableWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH inflammableinflammable , inflammatoryWords nearby inflammableinfirmity, infix, infl., in flagrante delicto, inflame, inflammable, inflammation, inflammatory, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory carcinoma, inflammatory lymph Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inflammableBritish Dictionary definitions for inflammableinflammable / (ɪnˈflæməbəl) / adjectiveliable to catch fire; flammable readily aroused to anger or passion nounsomething that is liable to catch fire Derived forms of inflammableinflammability or inflammableness, nouninflammably, adverbundefined inflammableSee flammable Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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