mass noun
1- a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically moulded into sticks达纳炸药, 氨爆炸药。
1.1
- figurative something that has the potential to generate extreme reactions or to have devastating repercussions〈喻〉可能产生巨大反响的事物, 具有爆炸性的事物：
that roads policy is political dynamite.
该公路政策是一个政治“火药桶”。
1.2
- informal an extremely impressive or exciting person or thing〈非正式〉轰动一时的人（或事物）, 极其令人兴奋的人（或事物）：
both her albums are dynamite
她的两张专辑都可能引起轰动
as modifier a chick with a dynamite figure.一个身材绝妙的小妞儿。
1.3
- informal, dated a narcotic, especially heroin〈非正式, 旧〉麻醉剂; 海洛因。
派生词
dynamiter
noun词源
mid 19th cent.: from Greek dunamis 'power' + -ITE 1 .