combustible

英 [kəmˈbʌs.tə.bəl]      美 [kəmˈbʌs.tə.bəl]
  • adj. 易燃的;易激动的;燃烧性的
  • n. 可燃物;易燃物
星级词汇:
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将“combustible”分解为“com-”和“bus+table”。想象一个“bus”(公共汽车)很容易被“com”(完全)点燃,使得整个车变得“table”(平的),因为燃烧后的残留物被消除了。这个比喻帮助记忆单词的意思是“易燃的”。

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combustible (adj.)
1520s, from Middle French combustible, or directly from Late Latin combustibilis, from Latin combustus, past participle of combuere "to burn up, consume" (see combustion). Figurative sense is from 1640s; as a noun, from 1680s. Related: Combustibility (late 15c.).
1. Don't smoke near combustible materials.
别在易燃的材料附近吸烟.
2. It was surrounded with heaps of combustible materials.
它周围是一堆易燃物质.
3. We mustn't take combustible goods aboard.
我们不可带易燃品上车.
4. We must not take combustible goods aboard.
我们不可带易燃品上船[车].
5. The ability of coal to release a combustible gas has long been known.
人们早已知道煤能够释放一种易燃气体。