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gunpowder

/guhn-pou-der/US // ˈgʌnˌpaʊ dər //UK // (ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdə) //

火药,炮弹,枪炮

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
    • : Also called gunpowder tea . a fine variety of green China tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a little ball.

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Examples

  • If you smell a gunpowder odor, it could be from a fried circuit board or fan motor in your furnace.

  • Jacqueline Falcone One morning I was up early, and Ricky asked me if I wanted to go into town with him and get gunpowder.

  • Some events even featured fireworks, which involved filling trees with gunpowder and setting them on fire.

  • Hooray Agency’s Seghers advises to “keep your gunpowder dry” in times of crisis and lean into brand values with authentic messaging.

  • You just stacked the furniture, sprinkled it with gunpowder and put a torch to it.

  • The exploding bombs and gunpowder leveled every structure for hundreds of yards in all directions.

  • Ships carried weapons and gunpowder to Africa, then loaded on human beings.

  • There was no gunpowder found on her skin, supporting the notion of a shot not fired at extreme close range.

  • Williams agreed to submit to a gunpowder residue test, which reportedly was negative.

  • He was filmed leaving the apartment with a heavy bag, which later showed traces of gunpowder.

  • The badness of the gunpowder used by the Mexicans, was again of great service to us.

  • Little did Tressan dream to what a cask of gunpowder he was applying the match of his smug pertness.

  • Mac took that pretty hard, and came mighty near making the major eat his words with gunpowder sauce on the side.

  • Gunpowder explosion at Vera Cruz, by which several buildings were injured and 20 persons killed, mostly women.

  • It is even more comparable to the sound produced by exploding gunpowder.