gunpowder

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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

• I am a man who always smells of gunpowder.
  我是个总是闻着火药气息的人。
• The soldiers exploded the gunpowder under the bridge.
  士兵们引爆了桥下的炸药。
• The gunpowder went off unexpectedly. All the charges blew up at once.
  火药意外地爆炸了。火药一下子都炸响了。
• In recent years, a low-carbon war without smoke of gunpowder emerged in the international field.
  近些年来国际掀起了一场无硝烟的“低碳战”，国内外的一切建设都以此为指导思想。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• It is the inventor of the compass, paper-making, gunpowder and printing.
  中国是指南针、造纸术、火药和印刷术的发明者。
• He exploded the gunpowder for fun but it caused the fire.
  他爆炸火药找乐子，却造成了大火。
• 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。