explode
/ɪkˈspləʊd/verb
no obj.
1
- burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, decomposition, excessive internal pressure, or other process, typically scattering fragments widely爆炸：
an ammunition lorry exploded with a roar.
随着一声巨响, 一辆军火车爆炸了。
1.1
- with obj. cause (a bomb) to do this使（炸弹）爆炸：
Britain had not yet exploded her first nuclear weapon.
英国还没有引爆其第一枚核武器。
1.2
- technical undergo a violent expansion in which much energy is released as a shock wave〈技〉爆炸; 爆破; 突然破裂：
lead ensures that petrol burns rather than explodes.
铅能确保汽油燃烧而不会爆炸。
1.3
- (of a person) suddenly give expression to violent and uncontainable emotion, especially anger（人）爆发, 迸发; 勃然大怒：
he can explode with anger
他常会勃然大怒
with direct speech 'This is ludicrous!' she exploded.“真是荒唐！”她怒气冲冲地说道。
1.4
- (of a violent emotion or a situation) arise or develop suddenly（强烈的情感, 情况）突然出现（或产生）; 迸发：
tension which could explode into violence at any time.
随时可能发展成为暴力行为的紧张局势。
1.5
explode into
suddenly begin to move or start a new activity猛然开始：a bird exploded into flight.
一只鸟突然飞了起来。
1.6
- increase suddenly or rapidly in size, number, or extent激增; 迅速扩大：
the use of this drug exploded in the nineties.
这种药的应用范围在90年代迅速扩大。
1.7
- as adj. exploded(of a diagram or drawing) showing the components of a mechanism as if separated by an explosion but in the normal relative positions（图表或图样）分解的：
an exploded diagram of the rifle's parts.
步枪部件的分解图。
2
- with obj.（常作be exploded）show (a belief or theory) to be false or unfounded证明（信仰, 理论）荒谬; 戳穿：
the myths that link smoking with glamour need to be exploded.
将吸烟与人的魅力联系在一起的谬论必须戳穿。
派生词
exploder
noun词源
mid 16th cent.（in the sense 'reject scornfully, discard'）： from Latin explodere 'drive out by clapping, hiss off the stage', from ex- 'out'+plaudere 'to clap'. Sense 2 is derived from the original sense of the word. Sense 1 （late 18th cent.） evolved via an old sense 'expel with violence and sudden noise', perhaps influenced by obsolete displode 'burst with a noise'.