blast

英 [blɑ?st] 美[bl?st]

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復數:?blasts;第三人稱單數:?blasts;過去式:?blasted;過去分詞:?blasted;現在分詞:?blasting;

1. 不能夠持續就爆炸, 爆炸就是那種瞬間炸開的東西，而不是那種持續性的、慢慢的發生的那種情形。
2. 不持續就爆炸. 無法持續只能爆炸.
3. blast => clast: c‐開，炸開了巖石成碎屑.
4. 由b到c, 這是字母順序關聯性，因此clast可以看成是blast爆炸后的結果.

blast 爆炸

詞源同blow.

blast (n.): Old English bl?st "blowing, breeze, puff of wind," from Proto-Germanic *bles- (cognates: Old Norse blastr, Old High German blast "a blowing, blast," German blasen, Gothic blesan "to blow"), from PIE *bhle- "to blow," probably a variant of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).

Meaning "explosion" is from 1630s; that of "noisy party, good time" is from 1953, American English slang. Sense of "strong current of air for iron-smelting" (1690s) led to blast furnace and transferred sense in full blast "the extreme" (1839). Blast was the usual word for "a smoke of tobacco" c. 1600.
blast (v.): Old English bl?stan "to blow, belch forth," from the root of blast (n.). Since 16c., often "to breathe on balefully." Meaning "to blow up by explosion" is from 1758. Related: Blasted; blasting. Blast off (n.) is attested from 1950.

1. The space shuttle had been scheduled to blast off at 04:38.: 航天飛機已經預定于凌晨4點38分發射升空。

2. The blast caused extensive damage, shattering the ground-floor windows.: 爆炸造成了巨大的破壞，震碎了一樓的窗戶。

3. It's thought that the blast occurred when volatile chemicals exploded.: 人們認為，易揮發的化學物質爆炸時產生了沖擊波。

4. The original planned launch was called off four minutes before blast-off.: 原定的發射在點火起飛前4分鐘被取消。

5. British experts delivered a strong counter-blast to the Professor's claims.: 英國專家對該教授的斷言進行了強烈駁斥。