单词 | dynamite |
释义 | dynamite (once / 1534 pages) nv Dynamite is a material that explodes when it's detonated. Dynamite has long been used in mining, for blasting open layers of rock. Dynamite is not the kind of thing you buy at the corner hardware store. Dynamite was invented in 1867 by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, chemist, and engineer. Builders and miners were happy about the new explosive, since dynamite was stronger and safer than those that came before it. Nobel named his invention dynamit, a Swedish version of the Greek dynamis, "power." The earliest figurative meaning was "dangerous," but in the 1960s it came to also mean "excellent" or "impressive." WORD FAMILYdynamite: dynamited, dynamiter, dynamites, dynamiting, dynamitist+/dynamiter: dynamiters USAGE EXAMPLESAgent Coler’s gun, along with eight other weapons, several hand grenades and 350 pounds of dynamite, were found in his vehicle. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) They surged from a halftime deficit to an 18-point lead during a dynamite third quarter for their second win in 14 games. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) It relates to when workers would open up a new well by dropping a charge of dynamite down the hole. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1n an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp Hypo|Hyper gelignite, gelly a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate explosive compound a compound that is explosive 2v blow up with dynamite The rock was dynamited Hyper blow up, detonate, explode, set off cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
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