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inflammable

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈflæməbl/
🔊/ɪnˈflæməbl/
(especially British English)
(also flammable British and North American English)
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  1. that can burn easily易激动的；易激怒的
    • inflammable material易燃物
    • These gases are highly inflammable.这些气体都高度易燃。
    Inflammable looks like an opposite of flammable but in fact it has the same meaning. However, flammable is much more frequent than inflammable and carries less risk of the meaning being confused.
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin inflammare, from in- ‘into’ + flamma ‘flame’.