| 单词 | flammable |
| 释义 | flammable (once / 3781 pages) adj Don't smoke when you're getting gas at the gas station! Gasoline is flammable, as is dry grass, old wood, cloth and mattresses. Flammable is a pretty straightforward word with one odd fact about it. The word, inflammable, which sounds like the opposite of flammable, actually means the same thing — easily catching on fire. If you want to say that something won't catch fire easily, use fireproof and you'll be sure to be right. WORD FAMILYflammable: flammability, inflammable, nonflammable+/inflammability: inflammabilities/inflammable: inflammability, inflammablest, inflammably USAGE EXAMPLESIn response to the lie, the Finns sarcastically named their own bombs — bottles filled with flammable fuel — Molotov cocktails. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) He compared the flammable nature of a Christmas tree to a chip pan and said they burned ferociously if they caught fire. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) Security camera footage shows the person enter the store and spray an unknown flammable liquid, dousing Wicks and the area around him, authorities say. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) adj easily ignited Syn inflammable combustible capable of igniting and burning |
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