explosion

• n. 爆発、噴火、高潮

explode、爆発から。

explosion (n.)

1620s, "action of driving out with violence and noise," from French explosion, from Latin explosionem (nominative explosio) "a driving off by clapping," noun of action from past participle stem of explodere "drive out by clapping" (see explode for origin and sense evolution). Meaning "a going off with violence and noise" is from 1660s. Sense of "a rapid increase or development" is first attested 1953.

1. A violent explosion seemed to jolt the whole ground.

激しい爆発が地面全体を巻き上げようとしているようだ。

2.A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo.

ヘリがワレホで爆発炎上し墜落した。

3.The house was unoccupied at the time of the explosion .

爆発が起きたとき、家には誰もいなかった。

4.The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do.

この試験は、より大きな爆発の威力を正確に予測することができる。

5.Investigators say that a fuel explosion may have caused the crash.

調査員は、燃料爆発が事故の原因である可能性があると述べた。