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单词 combustible
释义
combustible
(kəmbʌstɪbəl )
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily. [formal]
The ability of coal to release a combustible gas has long been known.
2. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A combustible situation is likely to result in conflict or trouble.
We changed the subject and moved to less combustible talk about her future.
Collocations:
combustible dust
Federal regulators are drawing up new standards for handling industrial and wood dust following a series of fires and explosions related to combustible dust.
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Combustible dust and clutter may accumulate if the trays are not routinely checked and kept clean.
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Some kinds of direct-burning incense are created from incense blanks made of unscented combustible dust immersed into any suitable kind of essential or fragrance oil.
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There are at least a 140 known substances that produce combustible dust.
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While the particles in a combustible dusts may be of any size, normally they have a diameter of less than 420 m.
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combustible fuel
We feared that the aircraft was carrying highly combustible fuel.
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Primary determinants are the structure of the forest, the amount of trees, tree density and the characteristics of the combustible fuel.
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This means plants are selectively thinned and pruned to reduce the combustible fuel mass of the remaining plants.
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Catalytic heaters generate flameless heat from a supply of combustible fuel and oxygen from air as oxidant.
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A tank engine may also have a bunker (or oil tank) to hold combustible fuel.
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combustible gas
The thieves pumped combustible gas into the dispenser and then triggered a blast.
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Combustible gas explosions are connected with oil/gas firing in the boiler.
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The gasification stage converts about 75% of fuel energy content into a combustible gas that can be used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
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Handheld flammable gas detectors can be used to trace leaks from natural gas lines, propane tanks, butane tanks, or any other combustible gas.
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These thermochemical processes both yield a combustible gas and a solid char.
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combustible material
At more than a mile from the centre combustible material such as wood and paper ignited spontaneously in the heat.
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During the demonstrations a mock kitchen was used to show how fiercely the fires develop - and how a 'flashover' occurs, igniting nearby combustible material.
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By the time the timber has been shredded, dried, and compressed, it has been transformed into a very dangerous, combustible material — far more combustible than coal.
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He said that there was an urgent need to save other historic movies held in archives before the combustible material on which they were made was lost.
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Fire tests for the study found that ethylene vinyl acetate - a material commonly used in the panels - appeared to be 'a rapidly combustible material releasing gaseous fuels ... once degraded thermally'.
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highly combustible
I wonder whether the situation, which can on occasion look highly combustible, might not be defused.
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Throw in the spice of some tasty tribal rivalries and you have a highly combustible mix.
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We feared that the aircraft was carrying highly combustible fuel.
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The result was highly combustible.
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The aluminium composite material in the façade had a polyethylene core that 'appears to be highly combustible'.
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