explosion
英[?k'spl???(?)n;ek-]
美[?k'splo??n]
- n. 爆炸；爆發；激增
英英釋意
- 1. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- 2. the act of exploding or bursting something;
- "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"
- "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
- 3. a sudden great increase;
- "the population explosion"
- "the information explosion"
- 4. the noise caused by an explosion;
- "the explosion was heard a mile away"
- 5. the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
- 6. a sudden outburst;
- "an explosion of laughter"
- "an explosion of rage"
- 7. a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball