单词 | explode |
释义 | explode v.   1. a intr. (of gas, gunpowder, a bomb, a boiler, etc.) expand suddenly with a loud noise owing to a release of internal energy. b tr. cause (a bomb etc.) to explode.   2. intr. give vent suddenly to emotion, esp. anger.   3. intr. (of a population etc.) increase suddenly or rapidly.   4. tr. show (a theory etc.) to be false or baseless.   5. tr. (as exploded adj.) (of a drawing etc.) showing the components of a mechanism as if separated by an explosion but in the normal relative positions. Derivatives exploder n. Etymology: earliest in sense 4: L explodere hiss off the stage (as EX-(1), plodere plos- = plaudere clap) |
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