explosion

英 [ɪkˈspləʊʒn]

美 [ɪkˈsploʊʒn]

n.  爆炸，爆破，爆裂(声); 突增; 猛增; 激增; (感情，尤指愤怒的)突然爆发，迸发

复数：explosions　

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牛津词典

noun

• 爆炸，爆破，爆裂（声）
  the sudden violent bursting and loud noise of sth such as a bomb exploding; the act of deliberately causing sth to explode
  1. a bomb/nuclear/gas explosion
     炸弹 / 核 / 气体爆炸
  2. There were two loud explosions and then the building burst into flames.
     两声巨响之后建筑物便燃烧起来。
  3. Bomb Squad officers carried out a controlled explosion of the device.
     炸弹处理小组官员在严密控制下引爆了这一装置。
  4. 300 people were injured in the explosion.
     有300人在爆炸中受伤。
• 突增；猛增；激增
  a large, sudden or rapid increase in the amount or number of sth
  1. a population explosion
     人口激增
  2. an explosion of interest in learning Japanese
     学习日语的兴趣陡然上升
• （感情，尤指愤怒的）突然爆发，迸发
  a sudden, violent expression of emotion, especially anger

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 爆炸
  Anexplosionis a sudden, violent burst of energy, for example one caused by a bomb.
  1. After the second explosion, all of London's main train and subway stations were shut down...
     第二次爆炸后，伦敦所有的主要火车站和地铁站都关闭了。
  2. Three people have been killed in a bomb explosion in northwest Spain.
     在西班牙西北部的炸弹爆炸事件中，已有3人死亡。
• N-VAR 爆破;引爆
  Explosionis the act of deliberately causing a bomb or similar device to explode.
  1. Bomb disposal experts blew up the bag in a controlled explosion...
     拆弹专家对那个袋子进行了控制爆破。
  2. France has carried out an underground nuclear explosion on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.
     法国已经在南太平洋的穆鲁罗瓦环礁进行了地下核爆。
• N-COUNT 激增;骤增
  Anexplosionis a large rapid increase in the number or amount of something.
  1. The study also forecast an explosion in the diet soft-drink market...
     该研究还预测低糖软饮料市场将迅猛增长。
  2. He explains that there was an explosion of courses through the 1960s...
     他解释说20世纪60年代课程迅速增多。
  3. The spread of the suburbs has triggered a population explosion among America's deer.
     市郊的扩展使美国鹿的数量激增。
• N-COUNT （感情的）迸发，突然发作;（尤指）勃然大怒
  Anexplosionis a sudden violent expression of someone's feelings, especially anger.
  1. Every time they met, Myra anticipated an explosion...
     他们每次见面，迈拉都预料到会发火。
  2. It was an explosion of anger against the practices of the occupying forces.
     这是人们不满占领军行为而爆发的怒火。
• N-COUNT （抗议、暴力等的）爆发
  Anexplosionis a sudden and serious political protest or violence.
  1. They warned him that a referendum might cause an explosion in the country.
     他们警告他说全民公决可能会引发国内暴乱。
  2. ...the explosion of protest and violence sparked off by the killing of seven workers.
     由7名工人遇害引发的抗议和暴乱
• N-COUNT 爆炸声;轰然巨响
  Anexplosionis a sudden very loud noise.
  1. There was an explosion of music.
     突然爆发出一阵震耳欲聋的音乐声。

英英释义

noun

• the act of exploding or bursting
  1. the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children
  2. the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
  Synonym:burst
• a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
• a sudden outburst
  1. an explosion of laughter
  2. an explosion of rage
• the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
  Synonym:plosion
• a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
  Synonym:detonationblowup
• the noise caused by an explosion
  1. the explosion was heard a mile away
• a sudden great increase
  1. the population explosion
  2. the information explosion

双语例句

• Every time they met, Myra anticipated an explosion
  他们每次见面，迈拉都预料到会发火。
• There was an explosion of music.
  突然爆发出一阵震耳欲聋的音乐声。
• France has carried out an underground nuclear explosion on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.
  法国已经在南太平洋的穆鲁罗瓦环礁进行了地下核爆。
• We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosion.
  我们假设这是一场燃气爆炸事故。
• The street erupted in a huge explosion, with secondary explosions in the adjoining buildings
  街上发生了剧烈爆炸，邻近的建筑里也发生了程度较轻的爆炸。
• There came an explosion, not so much a bang as a shaking like an earthquake.
  发生了一次爆炸，没听到一声轰然巨响，倒像是地震那样地面猛晃了晃。
• A huge crater marks the spot where the explosion happened.
  巨大的弹坑标明了爆炸发生的地点。
• He was injured as the result of a boiler explosion.
  他因锅炉爆炸而受伤。
• Investigators say that a fuel explosion may have caused the crash
  调查员说燃料爆炸有可能是失事的根源。
• Gas officials are investigating the cause of an explosion which badly damaged a house in Hampshire
  煤气系统的官员正在调查一起瓦斯爆炸的起因，这起事故严重毁坏了汉普郡的一所房屋。