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, dynamite and gun cotton are explosives.
  黑色火药、甘油炸药和强棉药都是炸药。
• She recalls the boom of gunfire and the acrid smell of gunpowder.
  她听见了轰隆隆的枪声，闻到了刺鼻的火药味。
• This statement has a strong smell of gunpowder.
  这是一篇充满火药味的声明。
• For example, the early settlers used tea, sugar, horses, and gunpowder for money.
  例如，早期的开拓者把茶、糖、马匹和火药当作钱。
• Gunpowder is composed of sulfur, carbon, and potassium nitrate.
  火药是由硫、碳和硝酸钾组成。
• The gunpowder failed to ignite.
  火药没点着火。
• 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。
• I can smell the gunpowder all the way up here in the cockpit.
  一路上我都可以从驾驶舱里闻到火药味。
• 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。