一、詳細釋義：


v.

（使）爆炸 [I,T]


例句：

The bomb was timed to explode during the rush-hour.

炸彈選在人最多時爆炸。


例句：

The shell exploded in the barrel of the gun.

炮彈在炮管內爆炸了。


發(fā)怒 [I]


例句：

Leave before I explode.

快離開，不然我可發(fā)火了。


例句：

Andrew, who was short-tempered from a sleepless night, was ready to explode.

安德魯因徹夜難眠而變得暴躁，快要發(fā)作了。


爆發(fā) [I]


例句：

At last his laughter exploded.

他最后哄然大笑起來。


例句：

An active volcano may explode at any time.

活火山隨時都有可能爆發(fā)。


激增 [I]


例句：

The population was still exploding.

人口仍在迅猛增長。


例句：

Investment by Japanese firms has exploded.

日本公司的投資已經開始激增。


推翻；駁倒 [T]


例句：

New facts explode the theory that the moon was once part of the earth.

新的事實推翻了月亮曾是地球的一部分的理論。


例句：

Columbus helped to explode the theory that the earth was flat.

哥倫布幫助推翻了地球是平的理論。


二、詞義辨析：


explode,burst,erupt

這些動詞均有“爆炸、爆發(fā)”之意。 explode指物體爆炸而釋放大量熱能的一剎那。 burst強調爆炸能量的突然釋放和力量的突然迸發(fā)。 erupt主要指火山的爆發(fā)，也可用作引申意義。


三、相關短語：


explode a bombshell

作驚人之舉,發(fā)布爆炸性消息


四、參考例句：


The bomb was timed to explode during the rush-hour.

炸彈選在人最多時爆炸。


An active volcano may explode at any time.

活火山隨時都有可能爆發(fā)。


Will it still go ahead and explode your dog?

它是否會繼續(xù)，接著炸死你家的狗？


Many boys explode firecrackers on the Lantern Festival.

許多男孩在元宵節(jié)燃放鞭炮。


Many people explode firecrackers on the Lantern Festival.

許多人在元霄節(jié)燃放鞭炮。


These are the facts that explode their so-called economic miracle.

這些就是用來粉碎他們所謂的經濟奇跡的事實。


Many boys explode firecrackers on the Fourth of July.

很多男孩在7月4日這天放鞭炮。


And one day the powder keg may explode.

有朝一日埃及這個火藥桶可能會爆炸。


Fireworks explode over the floating Christmas tree in Lagoa lake.

羅德里戈湖畔，五彩繽紛的焰火綻放在水上漂浮圣誕樹的上空。


The car was juddering and vibrating as if it would explode.

汽車劇烈地搖晃著、顫動著，就像要爆炸似的。