- 1易燃的；也可作名詞「易燃物」
If something is combustible, it can catch fire easily. Paper, dry wood, petrol, and some household sprays are combustible; stone and water are not. You see the word on warning labels, in fire-safety rules, and in science class. It can also be a noun: combustibles are the things that can burn. Though actually, people also stretch it: a combustible mix of tired workers and a rude boss means the situation could “catch fire” as anger, not as real flame. That stretch is a little fancy. Combustible is not the same as explosive. Explosive things can blow up with force; combustible things burn. Many combustible things are not explosive, and it is kinder to keep those two apart.
組成combust (burn) + -ible (able to). From Middle French combustible and Latin combustibilis.
同家族的字
- combustionthe burning itself; a combustible thing is one that can go through combustion
- combustthe older verb piece meaning burn
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combustibleadj/kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/
- 1
Capable of burning.
- Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire.
- Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.
- 2
datedEasily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
- Arnold, however, was a combustible character.
- The world’s richest man has inserted himself in some of the world’s most combustible conflicts.
combustiblenoun/kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/
- 1
A material that is capable of burning.
- A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill.
- 2
A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette.
- In total three-quarters of the western Big Tobacco giants' sales last year came from so-called combustibles as vaping sales are plateauing.
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