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 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。
• The barrel of gunpowder blew up.
  火药桶爆炸了。
• Gunpowder also sped up the slow process of digging up stones.
  黑火药还加快了缓慢的采石进程。
• I am a man who always smells of gunpowder.
  我是个总是闻着火药气息的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• In large-scale installations and gunpowder drawings, Cai relies increasingly on ferocious and heroic animal motifs.
  在大型的装置和火药画中，他越来越依赖凶猛和英勇的动物图像。
• The use of gunpowder was known to the Chinese before the Europeans.
  中国人懂得应用火药是在欧洲人之前。
• Gunpowder, dynamite and gun cotton are explosives.
  黑色火药、甘油炸药和强棉药都是炸药。
• This statement has a strong smell of gunpowder.
  这是一篇充满火药味的声明。