combustible
英 [k?m'b?st?b(?)l]
美[k?m'b?st?bl]
- adj. 易燃的；易激动的；燃烧性的
- n. 可燃物；易燃物
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英文词源
- combustible (adj.)
- 1520s, from Middle French combustible, or directly from Late Latin combustibilis, from Latin combustus, past participle of combuere "to burn up, consume" (see combustion). Figurative sense is from 1640s; as a noun, from 1680s. Related: Combustibility (late 15c.).
双语例句
- 1. Don't smoke near combustible materials.
- 别在易燃的材料附近吸烟.
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- 2. It was surrounded with heaps of combustible materials.
- 它周围是一堆易燃物质.
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- 3. We mustn't take combustible goods aboard.
- 我们不可带易燃品上车.
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- 4. We must not take combustible goods aboard.
- 我们不可带易燃品上船[车].
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- 5. The ability of coal to release a combustible gas has long been known.
- 人们早已知道煤能够释放一种易燃气体。
来自柯林斯例句