英汉词典

explode 基本解释

• vi. 爆炸，爆发；激增
• vt. 使爆炸；爆炸；推翻

explode 词态变化

explode 中文词源

ex-, 向外。-plod, 拍掌声，爆炸声，词源同implode.

explode 英文词源

explode

explode: [16] The use of explode to mean ‘burst with destructive force’ is a comparatively recent, late 19th-century development. The Latin verb explōdere, from which it comes, signified something quite different – ‘drive off the stage with hisses and boos’ (it was a compound formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and plaudere ‘clap’, source of English applaud and plaudits).

From this developed the figurative sense ‘reject, disapprove’, which was how the word was used when it was first taken over into English: ‘Not that I wholly explode Astrology; I believe there is something in it’, Thomas Tryon, Miscellanea 1696 (the modern notion of ‘exploding a theory’ is descended from this usage). In the 17th century, however, the Latin verb’s original sense was reintroduced, and it survived into the 19th century: ‘In the playhouse when he doth wrong, no critic is so apt to hiss and explode him’, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones 1749.

Towards the end of the 17th century we find the first traces of a metaphorical use that combines the notion of ‘driving out, expelling’ with ‘loud noise’ (‘the effects of Lightning, exploded from the Clouds’, Robert Plot, Natural History of Staffordshire 1679), but it was not to be for more than a century that the meaning element ‘drive out’ was replaced by the ‘burst, shatter’ of present-day English explode (Dr Johnson makes no mention of it in his Dictionary 1755, for example) Today the notion of ‘bursting violently’ is primary, that of ‘loud noise’ probably secondary, although still present.
=> applause, plaudits

explode (v.)

1530s (transitive), "to reject with scorn," from Latin explodere "drive out or off by clapping, hiss off, hoot off," originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence "drive out, reject, destroy the repute of" (a sense surviving in an exploded theory), from ex- "out" (see ex-) + plaudere "to clap the hands, applaud," which is of uncertain origin. Athenian audiences were highly demonstrative. clapping and shouting approval, stamping, hissing, and hooting for disapproval. The Romans seem to have done likewise.

At the close of the performance of a comedy in the Roman theatre one of the actors dismissed the audience, with a request for their approbation, the expression being usually plaudite, vos plaudite, or vos valete et plaudite. [William Smith, "A First Latin Reading Book," 1890]

English used it to mean "drive out with violence and sudden noise" (1650s), later "cause to burst suddenly and noisily" (1794). Intransitive sense of "go off with a loud noise" is from 1790, American English; figurative sense of "to burst with destructive force" is by 1882; that of "burst into sudden activity" is from 1817; of population by 1959. Related: Exploded; exploding.

explode 英文释义

1. cause to explode;

"We exploded the nuclear bomb"

2. burst outward, usually with noise;

"The champagne bottle exploded"

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"

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"

explode 同义词解析

explode, burst, erupt

这些动词均有"爆炸，爆发"之意。

explode： 指物体爆炸而释放大量热能的一刹那。

burst： 强调爆炸能量的突然释放和力量的突然迸发。

erupt： 主要指火山的爆发，也可用作引申意义。

explode 双语例句

1. Catherine was ready to explode. "I think you're contemptible!"

凯瑟琳气得快要炸了。“我觉得你真是可鄙！”

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2. The car was juddering and vibrating as if it would explode.

汽车剧烈地摇晃着、颤动着，就像要爆炸似的。

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3. The bomb must explode within less than a millionth of a second.

炸弹必须在不到百万分之一秒的时间内爆炸。

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4. These are the facts that explode their so-called economic miracle.

这些就是用来粉碎他们所谓的经济奇迹的事实。

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5. She heard laughter explode, then die.

她听到有人爆笑了一阵，后来就没声音了。

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explode 实用场景例句

Bombs were exploding all around the city.

城里到处都响起炸弹的爆炸声。

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There was a huge bang as if someone had exploded a rocket outside.

突然一声巨响，仿佛有人在外面引爆了火箭似的。

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Bomb disposal experts exploded the device under controlled conditions.

炸弹销毁专家在受控条件下引爆了这个装置。

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Suddenly Charles exploded with rage.

查尔斯勃然大怒。

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The protest exploded into a riot.

抗议爆发成一场暴乱。

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‘Of course there's something wrong! ’ Jem exploded.

“当然是出了毛病！”杰姆大发雷霆道。

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We all exploded into wild laughter.

我们都一下子大笑起来。

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After ten minutes the game exploded into life.

比赛在十分钟后突然激烈起来。

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Thunder exploded overhead.

雷声在头顶上炸开。

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the exploding world population

迅猛增长的世界人口

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At last, a women's magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful.

终于有一家妇女杂志起来推翻瘦即美的神话。

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They were clearing up when the second bomb exploded...

他们正在清理时，第二颗炸弹爆炸了。

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A school bus was hit by gunfire which exploded the fuel tank.

校车被炮火击中，引爆了油箱。

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Do you fear that you'll burst into tears or explode with anger in front of her?...

你担心会在她面前放声大哭或是勃然大怒吗？

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'What happened!' I exploded...

“怎么了！”我发怒了。

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The population explodes to 40,000 during the tourist season...

旅游季节，人口激增至4万。

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Investment by Japanese firms has exploded.

日本公司的投资已经开始激增。

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Electricity privatisation has exploded the myth of cheap nuclear power...

电力私有化打破了关于廉价核能的神话。

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Such rumours have only recently been exploded.

这类谣言直到最近才被戳穿。

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She heard laughter explode, then die.

她听到有人爆笑了一阵，后来就没声音了。

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Then, mix carefully and explode.

小心搅拌,然后引爆.

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The bombs and shells were dropped by Israel during its recent offensive but failed to explode.

的炸弹和炮弹投掷了以色列在其最近的攻势,但没有爆炸.

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Columbus helped to explode the theory that the earth was flat.

哥伦布促使认为地球是平的之说法破产.

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