单词	acetylene
释义	acetylenea‧cet‧y‧lene /əˈsetəliːn $ -tl-ən, -iːn/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINacetylene Origin: 1800-1900 acetyl chemical group (19-21 centuries), from acet-; ➔ ACETAMINOPHEN Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As a 10-year-old kid Pauline used a stolen acetylene torch to decapitate the globe of a gumball machine. Cylinders of acetylene were believed to have gone up in what was originally reported as a simple barn fire. It was originally an acetylene light but was converted to propane gas operation in 1963. Later firemen tackling the blaze were in danger from exploding canisters of acetylene and propane. Oh, and the hospital exploded, like an acetylene torch, in tongues of fire. There are also several vehicles cut up by acetylene equipment and dumped in a pond. word sets WORD SETS► Compounds acetylene, nounammonia, nounbase, nounbromide, nouncarbolic acid, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarbon monoxide, nounCFC, nounchloride, nounchlorofluorocarbon, nounchloroform, nouncompound, noundioxide, nounfluoride, nounfluorocarbon, nounHtwoO, nounhydrocarbon, nounhydrochloric acid, nounhydrogen peroxide, noun-ide, suffixmonosodium glutamate, nounMSG, nounnitrate, nounoxide, nounperoxide, nounphosgene, nounphosphate, nounpolymer, nounproduct, nounsilica, nounsilicone, nounsodium chloride, noun a gas which burns with a bright flame and is used in equipment for cutting and joining pieces of metal → oxyacetylene
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