explode
verb
uk/ɪkˈspləʊd/us/ɪkˈsploʊd/explodeverb(BREAK APART)
B1[IorT]
tobreakup intopiecesviolently, or tocausesomething to do this:
（使）爆炸Abombexploded at one of the capital'sbusiestrailwaystationsthismorning.今天上午一枚炸弹在首都最繁忙的一个火车站爆炸。
He wasdrivingsofastthat hiscartyreexploded.他车开得太快导致爆胎。
Compare
implode
- If youpullthepinout of a hand-grenade, it'll explode.
- Theplanedivedtowards thegroundand exploded in aballofflame.
- Witnessesreportedseeingahugeorangefireballas theoilrefineryexploded.
- Theterroristsexploded thedevicejust as aconvoywaspassing.
- She couldhearthedistantsoundoffireworksexploding.
Exploding and erupting
- blast
- blow
- blow(someone/something)up
- blowout
- burst
- burst in onsomeone/something
- burst in/into(somewhere)
- detonate
- detonator
- erupt
- explosively
- explosiveness
- flame
- go off
- go popidiom
- go up
- implode
- implosion
- pop
- test-fire
explodeverb(EMOTION)
[I]
toreactsuddenlywith astrongexpressionofemotion:
（情感）突然迸发，爆发，突然发作[+ speech]"What onearthdo youthinkyou're doing?" she exploded(= saidangrily).“你到底知不知道你在干什么？”她大发雷霆。
Thechildrenexplodedintogiggles(=suddenlystartedlaughinguncontrollably).孩子们突然咯咯地笑起来。
to get angry
- lose your temperShe never lost her temper, never raised her voice.
- explodeShe exploded with rage when she was mistaken for a cleaning lady.
- eruptMy ex-husband would erupt over little things.
- lose (your) patienceShe was starting to lose her patience with him.
- become enragedHe became enraged and crashed out of the room.
- fly into a rageI never saw him fly into a rage or treat anyone cruelly.
Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a stateidiom
- beatyourbreast/chestidiom
- beetroot
- crimson
- flush
- freak
- freak(someone)out
- game face
- go/turn beetroot (red)idiom
- have a face like thunderidiom
- pale
- pine
- roar
- spill
- spill out
- sulk
- switchsomethingon
- throw upyourhands in horror/despairidiom
explodeverb(INCREASE)
[I]
toincreaseveryquickly:
急剧扩大；激增，突增Thepopulationhas exploded in the last tenyears.在过去10年中，人口激增。
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflame
- inflation
- mushroom
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- stake
explodeverb(PROVE FALSE)
[T]
to show something to bewrong:
推翻；驳倒；破除Thisbookfinallyexplodes some of themythsabout theoriginof theuniverse.这本书最终推翻了一些关于宇宙起源的毫无根据的说法。
Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than wordsidiom
- anti-sexist
- attest
- authenticate
- convince
- credential
- demonstrability
- demonstrable
- demonstrably
- dispel
- disprove
- lie
- non-evidence
- probatory
- proof positive
- provable
- prove
- the acid test
- vindicate
- vindication
Phrasal verb
explode intosomething