combust

英語

詞源

繼承自中古英語 combust (「被燃燒」)，源自古法語 combust，源自拉丁語 combustus，拉丁語 combūrere (「燒掉，燒毀」) 的完成被動分詞。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /kəmˈbʌst/

• 音頻 (美國)：

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• 韻部：-ʌst

動詞

combust (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 combusts，現在分詞 combusting，一般過去時及過去分詞 combusted)

1. 燃燒
   • 2014, Adelais Selwyn, Eadric, 第 1 卷:

     Brom swore after that he spoke only the truth, the truth that as he sat by my side praying for my soul, my body had combusted into flame, the fire rapidly engulfing my entire being.

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2. (不及物，比喻義) 爆發出熱情或喧鬧
   • 2012, Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote, Happiness for People who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, →ISBN:

     The audience combusts.

     觀眾沸騰了。

下位詞

• deflagrate
• detonate

派生詞彙

• combustible
• combustion
• combustive
• combustor
• incombustible
• spontaneously combust

 

形容詞

combust (比較級 more combust，最高級 most combust)

1. (棄用) 被燃燒的
2. (占星術) 與太陽緊密相連，有時指定在8度30分以內
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd版, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     , I.iii.1.3:

     Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust, otherwise illiterate.

   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:

     Who can discern those planets that are oft Combust, and those stars of brightest magnitude that rise and set with the Sun, untill the opposite motion of their orbs bring them to such a place in the firmament, where they may be seen evning or morning.

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名詞

combust

1. (棄用) 經過燃燒的物質