这组字全是爆炸之意,指突然猛烈地爆开或爆破,好像是因内部的一种力量而爆炸。Explode特指某种物质或混合物质因被撞击或点燃,而气体突然扩张,并且发出相当大热能之物理现象。Explode作为爆炸解,比其他各字表示猛烈的力量与声音。例如:[Thebomb exploded at a great distance from our observation pointbutwith so much noise that I was deafened for severalminu tes(炸弹在距离我们观测处很远的地方爆炸,但声音之大使我耳聋了好几分钟).]Explode借喻用法中指情感突然发洩,也含有爆出大声响的意义。例如:toexplodewith laughter(哄然大笑);to explode withanger(勃然大怒).Explode另有一借喻用法,即表示藉不赞成、反对,或不信任而摧毁一件事物。例如:to explode anout-of-date theory(推翻一项过时的学说);a tissue of lies that was exploded byan honest slip of thetongue(被一时的失言破坏了的一派谎言).Burst和explode一样是爆炸之意。例如:the sound ofshellsbursting over ourheads(炮弹在我们头上爆炸之声).可是比explode有较广泛的用法,作为爆开或爆碎解。照字面讲或作为借喻来说,此字乃是从关闭处突然洩出所产生的能,或由高度张力所产生的力量。例如:adam that burst during a season of heavy floods(洪水泛滥期崩溃了一座坝);thefeeling that oneis about to burst from overeating(饮食过度时肚皮要爆裂的感觉);todie as a result of a blood vessel that burst in thebrain(由于脑血管破裂而死).Burst也和explode一样,可用为借喻,形容一种感情要爆炸。例如:a man whowasbursting with resentment(一个愤恨得要爆炸的人).
Erupt也是可按照字面意义用或作借喻用,意思是burst或爆出。此字像在burst某一意义中一样,意指bursting或爆出是从受限制地点或情况中发生。例如:[Hotashes andmolten lava erupted from the volcano(火山爆发出热灰和熔岩);Angryoaths suddenly erupted from the man who had been fighting tokeephis temper undercontrol(极力抑制自己不发脾气的那个人突然口出怒言).]Bust也是裂开或碎裂之意,是burst的俚语变异字。例如:acouple of drunken guestswho in seconds busted all the balloons ithad taken me hours to blowup(一两位醉了的客人,在几秒钟内把我几个钟头才吹起来的气球全弄破了).参阅break(v.),tear。
反义字:implode,suck in。