combustible

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A material that is capable of burning.
    — A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill.
  2. A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette.
    — In total three-quarters of the western Big Tobacco giants' sales last year came from so-called combustibles as vaping sales are plateauing.
形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of burning.
    — Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire.
  2. Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. dated,figuratively
    — Arnold, however, was a combustible character.

词形变化

more combustible comparative most combustible superlative combustibles plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle French combustible, equivalent to combust + -ible.
词源 2
From Middle French combustible, equivalent to combust + -ible.
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