英语词汇“to sit on a volcano”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. figurative and in figurative context. Something which or someone who bursts out, or is liable to burst out, unpredictably into violent or dangerous activity; (also) a potentially explosive situation. In later use often in to sit on a volcano.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > potential

volcano1690

dynamite1922

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > thing or condition liable to

volcano1690

Vesuvius1845

1690 G. Mackenzie Reason ii. 140 These poor deluded People should consider what Mischiefs and Desolations those Vulcanos of Zeal have brought upon this Island by their dreadful Eruptions.

1713 C. Mather Curbed Sinner 23 A whole Nation becomes a formidable Volcano.

1791 Alvarez 170 My sensations are of an impetuosity nothing can equal; my imagination is a volcano.

1834 N. Amer. Mag. Jan. 183 He was a volcano, and was convinced that an eruption must soon take place.

1853 C. Brontë Villette I. ix. 157 On the edge of a moral volcano, that rumbled under my feet.

1898 D. C. Murray Tales 207 You're going to offer your old second-hand volcano of a heart to that fresh innocence?

1909 J. Galsworthy Silver Box i. iii. 16 You're sitting upon a volcano, John.

1939 H. Beyer Hist. Norwegian Lit. xiv. 257 The flame which burned in Ibsen was not that of a torch; he was a volcano.

1983 Listener 27 Jan. 28/3 He exposes to white, middle-class America the nature of the volcano (racism; social injustice; competition; aggression) on which it blithely sits.

1995 R. D. Edwards Ten Lords A-leaping (2008) xix. 149 The febrile quality..and the hint that underneath the surface he was a volcano..came across on television as rather mad.

2004 R. K. Pruthi Brahmo Samaj & Indian Civilization i. 9 In 1919 India was seething with discontent, a veritable volcano.

单词	to sit on a volcano
释义	> as lemmas to sit on a volcano a. figurative and in figurative context. Something which or someone who bursts out, or is liable to burst out, unpredictably into violent or dangerous activity; (also) a potentially explosive situation. In later use often in to sit on a volcano. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > potential volcano1690 dynamite1922 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > thing or condition liable to volcano1690 Vesuvius1845 1690 G. Mackenzie Reason ii. 140 These poor deluded People should consider what Mischiefs and Desolations those Vulcanos of Zeal have brought upon this Island by their dreadful Eruptions. 1713 C. Mather Curbed Sinner 23 A whole Nation becomes a formidable Volcano. 1791 Alvarez 170 My sensations are of an impetuosity nothing can equal; my imagination is a volcano. 1834 N. Amer. Mag. Jan. 183 He was a volcano, and was convinced that an eruption must soon take place. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. ix. 157 On the edge of a moral volcano, that rumbled under my feet. 1898 D. C. Murray Tales 207 You're going to offer your old second-hand volcano of a heart to that fresh innocence? 1909 J. Galsworthy Silver Box i. iii. 16 You're sitting upon a volcano, John. 1939 H. Beyer Hist. Norwegian Lit. xiv. 257 The flame which burned in Ibsen was not that of a torch; he was a volcano. 1983 Listener 27 Jan. 28/3 He exposes to white, middle-class America the nature of the volcano (racism; social injustice; competition; aggression) on which it blithely sits. 1995 R. D. Edwards Ten Lords A-leaping (2008) xix. 149 The febrile quality..and the hint that underneath the surface he was a volcano..came across on television as rather mad. 2004 R. K. Pruthi Brahmo Samaj & Indian Civilization i. 9 In 1919 India was seething with discontent, a veritable volcano. extracted from volcanon. < as lemmas
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