| 单词 | explosion |
| 释义 | explosion (ɪksploʊʒən ) Word forms: explosions 1. countable noun B2 An explosion is a sudden, violent burst of energy, for example one caused by a bomb. A second explosion came minutes later and we were enveloped in a dust cloud. Three people have been killed in a bomb explosion in northwest Spain. Synonyms: blast, crack, burst, bang 2. variable noun B2 An explosion is the act of deliberately causing a bomb or similar device to explode. Bomb disposal experts blew up the bag in a controlled explosion. France has carried out an underground nuclear explosion on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific. 3. countable noun An explosion is a large rapid increase in the number or amount of something. The study also forecast an explosion in the diet soft-drink market. [+ in] He explains that there was an explosion of courses through the 1960s. The spread of the suburbs has triggered a population explosion among America's deer. 4. countable noun An explosion is a sudden violent expression of someone's feelings, especially anger. Every time they met, Myra anticipated an explosion. It was an explosion of anger against the practices of the occupying forces. Synonyms: outburst, fit, storm, attack 5. countable noun An explosion is a sudden and serious political protest or violence. They warned him that a referendum might cause an explosion in the country. ...the explosion of protest and violence sparked off by the killing of seven workers. [+ of] 6. countable noun An explosion is a sudden very loud noise. [literary] There was an explosion of music. Collocations: chemical explosion After a chemical explosion in 1997, 11 workers filed a lawsuit alleging they were denied appropriate medical attention and protective gear. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was found that the tire had been filled with air rather than nitrogen, leading to a chemical explosion within the tire itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lethality can also refer to the after-effects of a chemical explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These findings ruled out early speculations that a chemical explosion caused the accident. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In these sorts of tests there may be small amounts of chain reaction occurring, but they stop before materially adding to the chemical explosion that causes them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After that, an explosion occurs, knocking out the lights. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Discovering that he has accidentally traveled to the future, he manages to travel back as a large, apparently nuclear explosion occurs, decimating the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The higher the branching factor, the faster this explosion occurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A massive explosion occurs, followed by a rising mushroom cloud. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The war resumes and a nuclear explosion occurs near the abbey. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You can hear the explosion of tuts from her peers as she wades on. Times, Sunday Times They did not hear the explosion! Christianity Today You would suddenly hear an explosion. The Sun This explains why a person hearing an explosion underwater and quickly surfacing can hear it again as the slower travelling sound arrives through the air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spectators were not allowed to leave the stadium at half-time, which caused concern among fans who did hear the explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The camera shuddered as a huge explosion sent rubble falling from the roof and smoke pouring from the windows. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly there was a loud whistling sound followed by a huge explosion. The Sun His torpedo struck home, resulting in a huge explosion and the tanker being enveloped in flames. Times, Sunday Times On a day of community togetherness — a fun-run in tracksuits and silly costumes — a huge explosion shakes the building site, devastating lives and shattering trust. Times,Sunday Times There was a huge explosion that you could physically feel. Times, Sunday Times Earlier, many of the workers had been woken in their cabins by an initial explosion. Times, Sunday Times After the initial explosion, the hard work really begins. Times, Sunday Times Witnesses said that they heard a huge initial explosion that shook the ground. Times, Sunday Times An initial explosion, big enough to be heard from the ground 8,000 feet beneath, set it on fire. Times,Sunday Times Sporadic gunfire could still be heard at 8pm, four hours after the initial explosion. Times, Sunday Times Then all talk and laughter ceased as a loud explosion erupted from across the street. Times,Sunday Times As he was speaking to the camera, there was a loud explosion from the roof of the hotel. Times, Sunday Times The fires started with a loud explosion before quickly spreading. Times, Sunday Times It was only much later, around 1am, that there was one loud explosion and a fireball in the yard. Times, Sunday Times After his first night watch on the bridge he went below and changed into pyjamas and was awoken by a loud explosion from a ship in the convoy. Times, Sunday Times A massive explosion erupted in 2004 after overhead cables ignited a goods train carrying chemicals and fuel oil. Times, Sunday Times It has led to a massive explosion in the number of people hanging around an international team. Times, Sunday Times There's a massive explosion, then you see the aftermath when the scaffolding collapses with people trapped in there. The Sun He entered one in an attempt to rescue the soldiers, but as he did so there was a massive explosion. Times, Sunday Times If a massive explosion didn't occur during the meeting, smaller eruptions took place afterward in the corridors, parking lots, and homes across the community. Christianity Today Anyone would think we have been hit by a nuclear explosion. The Sun Nine civil servants take part in a regular role-playing game to practice their response to a nuclear explosion, leading to all-out nuclear war. The Sun Another's face 'became wrinkled like he'd been in a nuclear explosion'. Times, Sunday Times The most outrageous proposal was to blow up the well with a nuclear explosion. Times, Sunday Times It's as if she's been erased in a nuclear explosion. The Sun This collection opens fascinating and enriching views into a brief but powerful explosion. The Times Literary Supplement The second, more powerful explosion sent a geyser of water, coal and dust and debris into the sky. Times, Sunday Times A few seconds later a powerful explosion hit the back left of her vehicle. Times, Sunday Times As they walked toward the door a few minutes later, the city rocked with the concussion of a powerful explosion a couple miles away. Christianity Today The last, most powerful explosion set the gym on fire and brought down the roof, trapping hostages under scorching debris, blazing beams, searing iron and burning plastic. Times, Sunday Times There was, however, a big secondary explosion that sank the liner within minutes of the torpedo strike. Times, Sunday Times That fireball blows the tank commander out of that tank; the secondary explosion blows the turret off that tank. Times, Sunday Times A secondary explosion was reported approximately four hours later, with 20 rescue workers now among those missing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two solid explosions were heard, including an internal secondary explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once sighted the main battery commenced firing, and one salvo found its mark, causing a large secondary explosion which sank the kaiten. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Can it bring to us the sound of explosions or the smell of blood and torn flesh? Times, Sunday Times The walls suddenly shuddered to the sound of explosions. Times, Sunday Times From a distance came the sound of explosions. Times, Sunday Times The sound of explosions echoed through the receiver. Times, Sunday Times It starts out in a bus full of war vets and the sound of explosions still fresh in their minds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At any moment, he could spark an explosion. Times, Sunday Times They were identified as potential culprits behind a blaze which sparked an explosion. The Sun A technical director from the housing association that runs the block of flats guessed that the chutney had sparked the explosion. Times, Sunday Times Low interest rates and a hugely competitive credit card market sparked an explosion of cheap deals. Times, Sunday Times A vet died when a horse she was treating in an oxygen chamber kicked out and its steel shoe sparked an explosion. Times, Sunday Times They were formed over 21,000 years ago as the result of an underground steam explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The reactor chamber's 2000-ton lid was lifted by the steam explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The steam explosion resulting from such sudden corium-water contact can disperse the materials and form projectiles that may damage the containment vessel by impact. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Steam vents were reported active at the slide source for three years, leading to speculation that the event was started with a small steam explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To date, the available pretreatment techniques include acid hydrolysis, steam explosion, ammonia fiber expansion, organosolve, sulfite pretreatment, alkaline wet oxidation and ozone pretreatment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The natural risks of the past - asteroid impact, supervolcanic eruption, stellar explosion - were highly unlikely. Times,Sunday Times They were waiting for rescue when their world had been destroyed in a stellar explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some stellar explosions, called gamma-ray bursters, are especially dangerous because all their lethal rays are focused into a narrow beam, like a searchlight. The Sun The findings show that the stellar explosion took place in a hollowed-out cavity, allowing material expelled by the star to travel much faster and farther than it would have otherwise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Galactic pile-ups are thought to be one of the driving forces of star formation and stellar explosions. Times, Sunday Times If it's very big, it can end its days in a sudden explosion, known as a supernova. Times, Sunday Times What the riots represented for him was a sudden explosion of freedom. Times, Sunday Times The sudden explosion of air produces a force that drives a turbine, connected to a generator that converts the energy into electricity and feeds it into the grid. Times, Sunday Times A sudden explosion of pain in my back pushed me to my knees. Times, Sunday Times So why the sudden explosion? Times, Sunday Times We now know they had witnessed a supernova explosion that happened 6,000 light years from earth — relatively close by cosmic standards. The Sun For these most massive of stars, the final collapse gives rise to one of the rarest and most spectacular sights in the universe — a supernova explosion. The Sun After the supernova explosion, the ejected material expands and becomes a supernova remnant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This delay, called a light echo of the supernova explosion also allowed the astronomers to measure the spectral signature of the light from the explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The notion that pulsars were neutron stars, leftovers from a supernova explosion, had been proposed in 1933. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are willing to take a risk - trigger an explosion. Times,Sunday Times That mixture was inserted into a modified torch bulb to trigger the explosion. The Sun An electrical spark could trigger an explosion. Times,Sunday Times But sunny days and chilly nights could trigger an explosion of brilliant tree leaf colours as autumn finally appears. Times, Sunday Times The devices were in place, the mobile phones in hand to trigger the explosion - but it looks as if the final piece in the jigsaw failed to fall into place. Times, Sunday Times World leaders were swift to denounce the underground explosion that sent shockwaves through the region and beyond. Times, Sunday Times The giant underground explosion caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9. The Sun Experts say the hole was probably created by an underground explosion in the past few years. Times, Sunday Times The classic method includes making an underground explosion nearby and observing the seismic response that provides information about the geological structures under the ground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a small underground explosion of 2.5 kilotons that was a part of the seismological program for oil and gas exploration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This might have been due to a catastrophic volcanic explosion that poured soot into the atmosphere, creating the equivalent of a nuclear winter. Times, Sunday Times The game requires the player to rescue the citizens of a city from an impending volcanic explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fragmentation occurs by the force of the volcanic explosion, or by thermal shock during rapid cooling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This rock originated from rock fragments created by a volcanic explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At this moment the primordial that has been released causes a volcanic explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 爆炸 Japanese: 爆発 |
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