| 单词 | flammable |
| 释义 | flammable[ flam-uh-buhl ] / ˈflæm ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flammable ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveeasily set on fire; combustible; inflammable. VIDEO FOR FLAMMABLEWATCH 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 flammable1805–15; <Latin flammā(re) to set on fire + -ble words often confused with flammableSee inflammable. OTHER WORDS FROM flammableflam·ma·bil·i·ty, nounWords nearby flammableflamingo-flower, flaming sword, Flaminian Way, Flamininus, Flaminius, flammable, Flammarion, Flamsteed, flamy, flan, Flanagan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flammable
British Dictionary definitions for flammableflammable / (ˈflæməbəl) / adjectiveliable to catch fire; readily combustible; inflammable Derived forms of flammableflammability, nounusage for flammableFlammable and inflammable are interchangeable when used of the properties of materials. Flammable is, however, often preferred for warning labels as there is less likelihood of misunderstanding (inflammable being sometimes taken to mean not flammable). Inflammable is preferred in figurative contexts: this could prove to be an inflammable situation 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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