explosive

adj.

1. 易爆炸的；可能引起爆炸的
   easily able or likely to explode
   1. an explosive device (= a bomb)
      易爆装置（炸弹）
   2. an explosive mixture of chemicals
      易爆化学混合物
2. 易爆发的；可能引起冲动的；爆炸性的
   likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger or hatred
   1. a potentially explosive situation
      可能引起爆炸性反应的形势
3. 暴躁的
   often having sudden violent or angry feelings
   1. an explosive temper
      暴躁的脾气
4. 突增的；猛增的；激增的
   increasing suddenly and rapidly
   1. the explosive growth of the export market
      出口市场的急剧扩大
5. 爆发的
   sudden and loud

noun

1. 炸药；爆炸物
   a substance that is able or likely to cause an explosion
   1. plastic explosives
      塑性炸药
   2. The bomb was packed with several pounds of high explosive .
      这枚炸弹装有几磅烈性炸药。

1. N-VAR 炸药;爆炸物
   An explosive is a substance or device that can cause an explosion.
   1. ...one-hundred-and-fifty pounds of Semtex explosive...
      150磅塞姆汀塑胶炸药
   2. There were traces of explosives in the bedroom.
      卧室里有炸药的痕迹。
2. ADJ-GRADED 会爆炸的;能引起爆炸的
   Something that is explosive is capable of causing an explosion.
   1. The explosive device was timed to go off at the rush hour...
      爆炸装置被设定在高峰时间引爆。
   2. Highly explosive gas is naturally found in coal mines.
      煤矿中天然存有高爆气体。
3. ADJ-GRADED （增长）爆炸性的，迅猛的
   An explosive growth is a sudden, rapid increase in the size or quantity of something.
   1. The explosive growth in casinos is one of the most conspicuous signs of Westernisation.
      西化最显著的标志之一就是赌场的骤增。
4. ADJ-GRADED （局面等）一触即发的，千钧一发的
   An explosive situation is likely to have difficult, serious, or dangerous effects.
   1. He appeared to be treating the potentially explosive situation with some sensitivity...
      他似乎正小心地应对可能一触即发的局势。
   2. Nobody knows what explosive arguments the future of Europe will bring.
      没有人知道欧洲的未来这一议题会引起怎样爆炸性的讨论。
5. ADJ-GRADED 易怒的;暴躁的
   If you describe someone as explosive, you mean that they tend to express sudden violent anger.
   1. She was unpredictable, explosive, impulsive and easily distracted...
      她难以捉摸，脾气暴躁，冲动鲁莽，容易分心。
   2. He's inherited his father's explosive temper.
      他遗传了其父暴躁的脾气。
6. ADJ-GRADED （声响突然）爆发的
   A sudden loud noise can be described as explosive.
   1. He made a loud, explosive noise of disgust.
      他反感地爆发出一阵叫嚷。
   2. ...an explosive drumbeat.
      爆发的鼓声

1. For the rest of the day, he worked on the assembly of an explosive device.
   在那天余下的时间里，他继续组装爆炸装置。
2. The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times
   在当时那种一触即发的形势下，采取那样的策略太危险了。
3. An explosive device detonated on the roof of the building.
   一个爆炸装置在该楼的楼顶爆炸了。
4. We believe that an explosive device had been left inside a container.
   我们认为有一个爆炸装置被留在了一只集装箱里。
5. There were traces of explosives in the bedroom.
   卧室里有炸药的痕迹。
6. The explosive device was timed to go off at the rush hour
   爆炸装置被设定在高峰时间引爆。
7. Highly explosive gas is naturally found in coal mines.
   煤矿中天然存有高爆气体。
8. The explosive growth in casinos is one of the most conspicuous signs of Westernisation.
   西化最显著的标志之一就是赌场的骤增。
9. He appeared to be treating the potentially explosive situation with some sensitivity
   他似乎正小心地应对可能一触即发的局势。
10. Nobody knows what explosive arguments the future of Europe will bring.
    没有人知道欧洲的未来这一议题会引起怎样爆炸性的讨论。
11. She was unpredictable, explosive, impulsive and easily distracted
    她难以捉摸，脾气暴躁，冲动鲁莽，容易分心。
12. He's inherited his father's explosive temper.
    他遗传了其父暴躁的脾气。
13. He made a loud, explosive noise of disgust.
    他反感地爆发出一阵叫嚷。
14. New guns firing high explosive shells were incorporated into the battlefield
    发射高爆弹的新型大炮在战场上得到了使用。
15. The worst-ever defeat of this team proved once again that Stanford can be one of the most explosive offensive teams in the country.
    该队前所未有的惨败再次证明斯坦福队是国内最具爆发力的进攻型队伍之一。
16. He was one of the small select group assembled by Penney, at the High Explosive Research centre.
    他是彭尼在烈性炸药研究中心召集的精英小组的一员。
17. The explosive mixture in a rocket consists of both a fuel and a supply of oxygen.
    火箭中的爆炸性混合物由燃料和氧气构成。
18. It's an explosive situation.
    形势一触即发。
19. Race relations are an explosive issue.
    种族关系是一个极易引起争论的问题。
20. Dynamite is an explosive.
    炸药是爆炸物。
21. A time fuse ignited the high explosive.
    定时引信引爆了烈性炸药。
22. They have primed the explosive device.
    他们已使爆炸装置准备起爆。
23. They blew the door off with a small charge of high explosive.
    他们装了一小包烈性炸药把门炸掉了。
24. The old man had an explosive temper.
    那个老人脾气暴躁。
25. After an experimental explosion, one of the experts exploded the gunpowder, an explosive.
    在实验性的爆炸之后，其中一个专家引爆了火药，一种爆炸物。
26. I made an explosive break-through.
    我设计了一个爆炸性的突破。
27. And I found some sort of explosive and detonators.
    我找到某种爆炸物和雷管。
28. They seized four containers of explosive materials in a carrier vehicle, but the driver escaped.
    他们在一辆运输车上缴获了四个装有炸药的货箱，但是司机逃跑了。
29. Designs and production techniques of a kind of low detonation velocity explosive are introduced in this paper.
    该文介绍了一种低爆速炸药的设计与生产技术。

noun

1. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

adj

1. serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
   1. an explosive device
   2. explosive gas
   3. explosive force
   4. explosive violence
   5. an explosive temper

2. sudden and loud
   1. an explosive laugh

3. liable to lead to sudden change or violence
   1. an explosive issue
   2. a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation

   Synonym:    volatile