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dynamite

noun
🔊/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/
🔊/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a powerful explosive黄色炸药；甘油炸药；达纳炸药
    • a stick of dynamite一根达纳炸药
    • They used five tons of dynamite to blow up the rock.他们用了 5 吨炸药炸掉那块大石头。
    Topics Physics and chemistryc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of dynamite
    • stick
    verb + dynamite
    • blow something up with
    • use
    dynamite + verb
    • explode
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  2. a thing that is likely to cause a violent reaction or a lot of trouble具有爆炸性的事物；（可能）引起轰动的事物；具有隐患的事物
    • The abortion issue is political dynamite.堕胎问题在政治上是个爆炸性的议题。🔊🔊
    • Don’t mention the war—it’s political dynamite.别提那场战争 － 那是政治炸药。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • pure
    • political
    • …
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  3. (informal, approving) an extremely impressive or exciting person or thing轰动一时的人（或事物）
    • Their new album is dynamite.他们的新唱片引起轰动。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • pure
    • political
    • …
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    4. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek dunamis ‘power’ + -ite.

dynamite

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they dynamite
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he / she / it dynamites
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past simple dynamited
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past participle dynamited
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-ing form dynamiting
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  1. dynamite something to destroy or damage something using dynamite炸毁；爆破
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek dunamis ‘power’ + -ite.