combust

英 [kəm'bʌst] 美 [kəm'bʌst]

• v. 燃烧

英英释义

Verb:

1. cause to burn or combust;

   "The sun burned off the fog"
   "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
   

2. start to burn or burst into flames;

   "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"
   "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
   

3. get very angry and fly into a rage;

   "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"
   "Spam makes me go ballistic"
   

4. cause to become violent or angry;

   "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
   

5. undergo combustion;

   "Maple wood burns well"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. What does it feel like to combust?
   燃烧的感觉象什么？
2. I don't get it, why did Yogin spontaneously combust?
   我不理解，为什么他会自己燃烧了呢？

近反义词

【近义词】

• burn 燃烧
• blow one's stack 发脾气
• hit the ceiling 勃然大怒
• hit the roof 勃然大怒
• have a fit 大发脾气
• conflagrate 燃烧
• have kittens 被激怒的
• erupt 爆发
• flip one's lid 失去自制能力; 发疯...
• blow a fuse 使保险丝熔断(勃然大怒)...
• take fire 燃烧
• blow up 爆炸
• throw a fit 大发脾气
• catch fire 着火
• fly off the handle 勃然大怒
• ignite 着火
• lose one's temper 发怒
• flip one's wig 发疯,失去自制能力,失去...