detonation
detonation 英 [ˌdetəˈneɪʃn] 美 [ˌdɛtnˈeʃən]
n. 爆炸；爆炸声；爆发
名词复数:detonations
- A detonation is an explosion, usually done on purpose. Nuclear weapons cause massive detonations, and cities sometimes plan a careful detonation of an abandoned building in order to make room for a new structure.
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- n. 爆炸；爆炸声；爆发
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1. But this would not protect it against a sufficiently large detonation nearby, or a cloud of pellets shot into its path.
但要是附近发生了一次相当巨大的爆炸，或有团小球射入其运行路径，这种方式可能就行不通了。
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2. “The detonation either fried them or compressed them because of the shock wave, ” said Ted Bunch, NAU adjunct professor of geology and former NASA researcher who specializes in impact craters.
地质学NAU副教授和专门研究碰撞喷火口的前NASA研究员特德• 本奇说，“由于冲击波的作用，引起的爆炸或者烧了他们或者把他们压扁。
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3. They are used by governments to simulate the detonation of nuclear bombs, by scientists to map DNA, Procter & Gamble even uses them to design potato chips.
它们被各国政府用于模拟原子弹爆炸，被科学家用于谱写DNA，宝洁公司甚至用它们来设计土豆片的形状。
- detonation (n.) 1670s, "explosion accompanied by loud sound," from French détonation, from Medieval Latin detonationem (nominative detonatio), from Latin detonare "to thunder down, to release one's thunder, roar out," from de- "down" (see de-) + tonare "to thunder" (see thunder (n.)). Sense of "act of causing to explode" (mid-18c.) developed in French.
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