词汇 | incendiary |
语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
释义 | incendiary adjective uk /ɪnˈsen.di.ə.ri/ us /ɪnˈsen.di.er.i/ incendiaryadjective (FIRE)[ before noun ] designed to cause fires: 能引起燃烧的 an incendiary bomb/device燃烧弹/装置 Starting fires arsonist combust fire fire starter firelighter ignite ignition kindle kindling light make make something up put put something out reignition set fire to something/someoneidiom set something/someone on fireidiom strike tinder torch incendiaryadjective (CAUSING ANGER)likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger: 煽动性的 incendiary remarks煽动性言论 Annoying accursed aggravating annoying annoyingly ball-ache exasperatingly frustratingly gadfly galling gallingly irritating irritatingly limit maddening mither sickeningly spiteful stupid trying vexatious incendiary | American Dictionaryincendiary adjective us/ɪnˈsen·diˌer·i/ incendiaryadjective (FIRE)[ not gradable ] designed to cause fires: an incendiary bomb/device fig. Thai food often is incendiary (= spicy hot). incendiaryadjective (CAUSING ANGER)likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger: He gave an incendiary speech at last night’s rally. Examples of incendiaryincendiary In the first of these, 235 bombers dropped 280 tonnes of explosives and 40,000 incendiaries, concentrated on the city-centre. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Caused by incendiaries, the fire scorched the courthouse and left it a brown color. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Use of incendiaries, which were inherently inaccurate, indicated much less care was taken to avoid civilian property close to industrial sites. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Four days later 230 tons was dropped including 60,000 incendiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Polish forces sought refuge in the forests nearby, but were smoked out by incendiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When they get close to the enemy fleet, the incendiaries are set alight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, there were never any confirmed reports of the use of incendiaries specifically against civilians. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Apparently not seeking to burn the town, he did not fire any heated rounds or incendiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Overall, incendiaries made up only three percent of the total tonnage dropped. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He fired three drums of incendiaries and succeeded in starting a fire which quickly spread to the entire airship. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Failed incendiaries are found next to a pickup truck and a building. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The flames from incendiaries exploding nearby penetrated the building through the broken windows but were extinguished by the company's own fire brigade. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Another landed on the front steps without exploding but incendiaries destroyed equipment in the contractor's yard at the west end. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Three of these were high-explosive munitions and one was a bundle of incendiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Twenty-nine incendiaries fell on and around the cathedral, with one burning through the lead dome and threatening to fall into the dome's wooden support beams. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of incendiary These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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