early 15c., in medicine, "liable to inflammation," from Middle French inflammable and directly from Medieval Latin inflammabilis, from Latin inflammare (see inflame). As "able to be set alight," c. 1600. Related: Inflammability.
雙語例句
1. "Highly inflammable," it says on the spare canister.
備用罐上寫著“高度易燃”。
來自柯林斯例句
2. These gases are highly inflammable.
這些氣體都高度易燃.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Isolation strips should be cleared of all inflammable vegetation.
隔離帶上所有易燃的植被應(yīng)清除.
來自辭典例句
4. Clothes shouldn't be made of inflammable material.
衣服不應(yīng)用易燃的衣料做.
來自辭典例句
5. A thing was inflammable if it contained phlogiston.