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If something is combustible, it can catch fire easily. Paper, dry wood, petrol, and some household sprays are combustible; stone and water are not.
If something is combustible如果某樣東西是combustible, it can catch fire easily代表它很容易著火。Paper紙, dry wood乾木頭, petrol汽油, and還有 some household sprays一些家用噴劑 are combustible都是combustible的; stone and water石頭和水 are not則不是。
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.
You你 see the word會看到這個字 on warning labels在警告標示上, in fire-safety rules在消防安全規則裡, and還有 in science class在科學課上。It它 can also be a noun也可以當名詞: combustibles combustibles are the things that can burn指的就是那些會燃燒的東西。
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.
Though actually不過其實, people人們 also stretch it也會把它用得更誇張一點: a combustible mix of tired workers and a rude boss a combustible mix of tired workers and a rude boss means意思是 the situation could "catch fire" as anger那個情況可能「著火」，指的是憤怒, not as real flame不是真的火。That stretch這種延伸用法 is a little fancy有點花俏。
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.
Combustible combustible is not the same as跟...不一樣 explosive explosive。Explosive things explosive的東西 can blow up with force會猛烈爆炸; combustible things combustible的東西 burn則是會燃燒。Many combustible things很多combustible的東西 are not explosive並不是explosive的, and而 it is kinder to keep those two apart把這兩者分開來想比較不會誤導人。
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
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
combustibleadj/kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/
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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.
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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/
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A material that is capable of burning.
- A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill.
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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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。