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
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。