| 释义 |
ful·mi·nate
I. \-ˌnāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English fulminaten, from Medieval Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare, from Latin, to lightning, strike with lightning, from fulmin-, fulmen lightning, stroke of lightning; akin to Latin fulgēre to shine, flash, flagrare to burn — more at black
transitive verb
1. : to utter or send out with denunciation or censures
< fulminate a decree >
2. : to cause to explode
intransitive verb
1. : to issue or send forth censures or invectives menacingly or authoritatively
2. : to make a sudden loud noise : detonate, explode
3. of a disease : to come on suddenly and intensely
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fulmin- (from Latin fulmin-, fulmen lightning) + -ate
: a salt of fulminic acid; especially : mercury fulminate |