detonate
英 ['det?ne?t]
美 ['d?t?net]
助記提示
1. de- "down" + ton- "thunder" + -ate.
2. 字面含義：thunder down, release one's thunder.
3. => act of causing to explode, explosion accompanied by loud sound.
中文詞源
detonate 引爆de-, 向下，強調。-ton, 打雷，爆炸，詞源同thunder, astonish. 即爆掉，引爆。
英文詞源
- detonate
- detonate: [18] Detonate is related to thunder. It comes from the past participle of Latin dētonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘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.
雙語例句
- 1. Two other bombs failed to detonate.
- 另外兩枚炸彈未引爆。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. An engineer tried to detonate the mine.
- 一名工程師試圖引爆地雷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.
- 法國預計將在幾天后引爆其首枚核裝置。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The only sure way was to walk up to him, camouflaged bomb in hand, and detonate.
- 唯一十拿九穩(wěn)的辦法就是,走到他面前, 手里拿著偽裝起來的炸彈, 引爆它.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Nitroguanicline may be regarded as an explosive which is powerful, but difficult to detonate.
- 硝基胍可以認為是一種猛烈的炸藥, 但難以爆轟.
來自辭典例句