dynamite
Word family noundynamitedynamiter
dy·na·mite1 /ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/ noun [uncountableU] 2 EXCITEDsomething or someone that is likely to cause a lot of trouble 会惹出大麻烦的事物[人] If the proposals became public they would be dynamite. 这些建议一旦公开就会惹出大乱子。
3 old-fashioned informal someone or something that is very exciting or impressive 顶呱呱的人[事] The band is dynamite. 这支乐队棒极了。
dynamite• The task required the excavation of three and half million tons of rock with enough dynamite to level Toledo.• All told, Post blew up $ 50,000 in dynamite in 21 rain battles.• The kid is dynamite and a new five-year deal and a £7million price tag only serve to underline the fact.• They've only been playing together for six months but they're dynamite.• Add brains to that particular package, and you're dynamite to some one like Jason Prior.• Before cyanide fishing came into vogue, Hong Kong fleets had often used dynamite to blow fish out of the water.• No two ways about it, Clint Schneider was dynamite. dynamite2 verb [transitiveT] Origin dynamite1 (1800-1900) Greek dynamis “power”