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使爆炸,使爆發;破除,駁倒爆炸,爆發,突發
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. t.
1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of
disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject
noisily; as, to explode a play. [Obs.]
Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent
hands. --Milton.
2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice
and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or
doctrine.
Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud.
--Burke.
To explode and exterminate dark atheism. --Bently.
3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to
explode powder by touching it with fire.
4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
But late the kindled powder did explode The massy
ball and the brass tube unload. --Blackmore.
Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out,
drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to
clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.]
1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or
vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder
explodes.
2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a
shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a
boiler from too great pressure of steam.
3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at
this, his wrath exploded.
資料來源 : WordNet®
explode
v 1: cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: {detonate},
{blow up}, {set off}]
2: burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle
exploded" [syn: {burst}] [ant: {implode}]
3: show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when
he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
4: be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise; "His anger
exploded" [syn: {burst forth}, {break loose}]
5: destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge"
6: cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop
consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
7: drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
8: show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make
obsolete
9: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The
population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent
population irrupted" [syn: {irrupt}]