gunpowder

英 [ˈɡʌnpaʊdə(r)]

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n.  火药

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BNC.16323 / COCA.16953

牛津词典

noun

• 火药
  explosive powder used especially in bombs or fireworks

柯林斯词典

• 火药
  Gunpowderis an explosive substance which is used to make fireworks or cause explosions.

英英释义

noun

• a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
  Synonym:powder

双语例句

• Gunpowder also sped up the slow process of digging up stones.
  ***还加快了缓慢的采石进程。
• Gunpowder was one of the greatest inventions in ancient China.
  火药是古代中国最伟大的发明之一。
• It is common knowledge that the Chinese invented paper-making and gunpowder.
  中国人发明了造纸术和火药，这不过是常识罢了。
• If you bring fire into contact with gunpowder, there will be an explosion.
  假如你让火和火药接触，就会发生爆炸。
• After the introduction of the cannon and gunpowder to the West, Westerners very quickly became expert with cannons.
  大炮和火药介绍到西方之后，西方人很快称为大炮的专家。
• Gunpowder, dynamite and gun cotton are explosives.
  黑色火药、甘油炸药和强棉药都是炸药。
• The soldiers exploded the gunpowder under the bridge.
  士兵们引爆了桥下的炸药。
• I am a man who always smells of gunpowder.
  我是个总是闻着火药气息的人。
• The use of gunpowder was known to the Chinese before the Europeans.
  中国人懂得应用火药是在欧洲人之前。
• The barrel of gunpowder blew up.
  火药桶爆炸了。