Fulminate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 猛烈抨击, 严厉谴责
• ［英］ v. 猛烈抨击, 严厉谴责 ( to shout forth denunciations)
• ［记］ fuimin ( 闪电, 雷声) +ate -> 像雷电一样 -> 谴责
• ［同］ 同根词: fulminic ( 爆炸的)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (-nated; -nating)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare, from Latin, to strike (of lightning), from fulmin-, fulmen lightning; akin to Latin flagrare to burn — more at black
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • to utter or send out with denunciation <fulminate a decree>
• intransitive verb
  • to send forth censures or invectives
• ? fulmination noun

II. noun

• Etymology: fulminic acid, from Latin fulmin-, fulmen
• Date: 1826
• an often explosive salt (as mercury fulminate) containing the group –CNO

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