detonate
英['detəneɪt]
美['dɛtənet]
- vt. 使爆炸
- vi. 引爆，爆炸
词态变化
第三人称单数: detonates;过去式: detonated;过去分词: detonated;现在分词: detonating;
助记提示
1. de- "down" + ton- "thunder" + -ate.
2. 字面含义：thunder down, release one's thunder.
3. => act of causing to explode, explosion accompanied by loud sound.
中文词源
detonate 引爆
de-, 向下，强调。-ton, 打雷，爆炸，词源同thunder, astonish. 即爆掉，引爆。
英文词源
- detonate
- detonate: [18] Detonate is related to thunder. It comes from the past participle of Latin dētonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘down’ and tonāre ‘thunder, roar’, which goes back to the same Indo-European base (*ten-, *ton-) as thunder. Latin dētonāre never actually meant ‘cause to explode’, though; that sense comes from its French descendant détoner.
=> thunder - detonate (v.)
- 1729, a back-formation from detonation, or else from Latin detonatus, past participle of detonare. Related: Detonated; detonating.
双语例句
- 1. Two other bombs failed to detonate.
- 另外两枚炸弹未引爆。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. An engineer tried to detonate the mine.
- 一名工程师试图引爆地雷.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.
- 法国预计将在几天后引爆其首枚核装置。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The only sure way was to walk up to him, camouflaged bomb in hand, and detonate.
- 唯一十拿九稳的办法就是,走到他面前, 手里拿着伪装起来的炸弹, 引爆它.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Nitroguanicline may be regarded as an explosive which is powerful, but difficult to detonate.
- 硝基胍可以认为是一种猛烈的炸药, 但难以爆轰.
来自辞典例句