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IELTS BNC: 3285 COCA: 3023

explosion

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explosion /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/ noun
plural explosions
explosion
/ɪkˈsploʊʒən/
noun
plural explosions
Learner's definition of EXPLOSION
[count]
: the sudden, loud, and violent release of energy that happens when something (such as a bomb) breaks apart in a way that sends parts flying outward爆炸;爆裂
: a sudden and very fast increase激增
: a sudden expression of some strong emotion(情感的)爆发,迸发
: a sudden occurrence of laughter(笑声的)爆发
IELTS BNC: 3285 COCA: 3023

explosion

noun

ex·​plo·​sion ik-ˈsplō-zhən How to pronounce explosion (audio)
1
: the act or an instance of exploding
injured in a laboratory explosion
2
: a large-scale, rapid, or spectacular expansion or bursting out or forth
the explosion of suburbia
an explosion of red hair
3
: the release of occluded breath that occurs in one kind of articulation of stop consonants

Example Sentences

The filmmakers staged the car's explosion. The island was rocked by a series of volcanic explosions. The region has experienced a population explosion. His comments prompted an explosion of laughter from the crowd.
Recent Examples on the Web The bodies of the victims were so badly degraded by the explosion and collapse of the towers that remains were still being found as late as 2006, according to OCME. Kelly Terez, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022 Three of the children in Saturday's explosion were killed immediately and a girl later died from her wounds at the hospital in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, according to a doctor there. Rahim Faiez, ajc, 3 Sep. 2022 The responding officer heard one explosion and issued a verbal warning for setting off fireworks during prohibited days. Joan Rusek, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 My style can be anything between goth girl and clown explosion. Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2022 One explosion that detonated near the U.S. Embassy in the Green Zone set off alarms inside the compound but caused no casualties, according to the official. David S. Cloud And Ghassan Adnan, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 The April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at one of four reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear plant north of Kyiv sent a cloud of radioactive material across a wide swath of Europe and beyond. Frank Jordans And Hanna Arhirova, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022 This game's ratio is roughly nine agonizing technical hiccups and annoyances for every chuckle-worthy explosion or glitchy physics mishap. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2022 Another place known for its scones, Johanna’s Kitchen in Sandy, closed in December 2015, after a gas leak caused an explosion and fire that gutted the restaurant. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin explosion-, explosio act of driving off by clapping, from explodere

First Known Use

1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of explosion was in 1681
IELTS BNC: 3285 COCA: 3023
explosion

noun¹

1sudden loud bursting/exploding爆炸ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPLOSION | EXPLOSION + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEalmighty, big, deafening, enormous, great, huge, large, loud, major, massive, powerful, tremendous, violent巨大的爆炸;震耳欲聾的爆炸;嚴重的爆炸;猛烈的爆炸minor, small輕微爆炸;小爆炸muffled沉悶的爆炸聲There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right.在他們的右面什麼地方有一聲沉悶的爆炸聲。distant遠處的爆炸The floor shook with a distant explosion.地板隨着遠處的爆炸而震顫。controlled受控爆炸test實驗爆炸a nuclear test explosion核試爆accidental意外的爆炸bomb, chemical, gas, mine, volcanic炸彈爆炸;化學品爆炸;煤氣爆炸;礦井爆炸;火山爆發atomic, nuclear原子彈爆炸;核爆炸terrorist恐怖分子製造的爆炸social (figurative) 社會暴亂If no action is taken, the country runs the risk of a social explosion.如果不採取措施,該國有發生社會暴亂的危險。VERB + EXPLOSIONcause, create, set off, trigger引起爆炸;引發爆炸The build-up of gas caused a small explosion.煤氣的積聚導致了一次小爆炸。carry out (especially BrE) 實施爆炸Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on the suspect package.炸彈處理專家對可疑包裹實施了受控引爆。hear聽到爆炸聲prevent防止爆炸survive在爆炸中幸存EXPLOSION + VERBcome, happen, occur, take place爆炸發生The explosion came 20 minutes after a coded warning to the police.在警察接到密碼警告 20 分鐘後,爆炸發生了。The explosion occurred just after noon.爆炸就發生在午後。erupt, go off爆炸突然發生A massive explosion erupted behind him.他身後突然發生了大爆炸。rock sth, shake sth爆炸震動⋯A huge explosion rocked the entire building.爆炸使整棟房子搖晃起來。The explosion shook nearby homes.爆炸震顫了附近的房子。blow sth out, destroy sth, rip through sth爆炸毀壞⋯/摧毀⋯/炸裂⋯An explosion blew out the front windows.爆炸炸毀了前窗。A massive explosion ripped through the chemical works.巨大的爆炸毀壞了化工廠。injure sb, kill sb爆炸炸傷某人;爆炸炸死某人cause sth爆炸造成⋯The explosion caused major structural damage.爆炸使主結構遭到破壞。echo, sound爆炸聲回響A loud explosion echoed around the valley.巨大的爆炸聲在山谷中迴盪着。PREPOSITIONin an/the explosion在爆炸中Three people were injured in the explosion.有三個人在爆炸中受傷。
explosion

noun²

2sudden large increase湧現ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPLOSION | EXPLOSION + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEsudden突然激增great大爆發a great explosion of creativity創造力大爆發veritable名副其實的激增In the 1860s a veritable explosion of major scientific publications took place.19 世紀 60 年代,重要的科學出版物如雨後春筍一般冒出來。population人口爆炸information信息爆炸How can we keep up with the information explosion?我們如何能跟上信息爆炸的步伐?price, wage (BrE) 價格猛漲;工資猛漲VERB + EXPLOSIONsee, witness目睹激增I believe we will see an explosion in lawsuits of this kind.我相信,我們將會看到此類訴訟的激增。EXPLOSION + VERBoccur, take place激增出現PREPOSITIONexplosion in⋯的激增a sudden explosion in the number of students學生數量的突然猛增explosion of⋯的迅猛發展an explosion of interest in learning Japanese學習日語興趣的突然高漲

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