Dynamite



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 动人心弦的; n.炸药
• ［英］ adj. 动人心弦的 ( exeremely inspiring) ; n.炸药 ( explosives)
• ［例］ That news story is really a dynamite.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary dynam- (from Greek dynamis power) + ［sup］1［/sup］-ite
• Date: 1867
• 1. an explosive that is made of nitroglycerin absorbed in a porous material and that often contains ammonium nitrate or cellulose nitrate; also an explosive (as a mixture of ammonium nitrate and nitrocellulose) that contains no nitroglycerin
• 2. one that has a powerful effect <an actress who's dynamite at the box office>; also something that has great potential to cause trouble or conflict <an issue regarded as political dynamite>
• ? dynamitic adjective

II. transitive verb (-mited; -miting)

• Date: 1881
• 1. to blow up with dynamite
• 2. to cause the failure or destruction of
• ? dynamiter noun

III. adjective

• Date: 1922
• terrific, wonderful <a dynamite performance>

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