detonate

英['detəneɪt] 美['dɛtənet]
  • vt. 使爆炸
  • vi. 引爆,爆炸

词态变化


第三人称单数: detonates;过去式: detonated;过去分词: detonated;现在分词: detonating;

助记提示


1. de- "down" + ton- "thunder" + -ate.
2. 字面含义:thunder down, release one's thunder.
3. => act of causing to explode, explosion accompanied by loud sound.

中文词源


detonate 引爆

de-, 向下,强调。-ton, 打雷,爆炸,词源同thunder, astonish. 即爆掉,引爆。

英文词源


detonate
detonate: [18] Detonate is related to thunder. It comes from the past participle of Latin dētonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix - ‘down’ and tonāre ‘thunder, roar’, which goes back to the same Indo-European base (*ten-, *ton-) as thunder. Latin dētonāre never actually meant ‘cause to explode’, though; that sense comes from its French descendant détoner.
=> thunder
detonate (v.)
1729, a back-formation from detonation, or else from Latin detonatus, past participle of detonare. Related: Detonated; detonating.

双语例句


1. Two other bombs failed to detonate.
另外两枚炸弹未引爆。

来自《权威词典》

2. An engineer tried to detonate the mine.
一名工程师试图引爆地雷.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.
法国预计将在几天后引爆其首枚核装置。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The only sure way was to walk up to him, camouflaged bomb in hand, and detonate.
唯一十拿九稳的办法就是,走到他面前, 手里拿着伪装起来的炸弹, 引爆它.

来自辞典例句

5. Nitroguanicline may be regarded as an explosive which is powerful, but difficult to detonate.
硝基胍可以认为是一种猛烈的炸药, 但难以爆轰.

来自辞典例句