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Grenade N Earlier Pomegranate French Gri'neid N.手榴弹 英

单词 grenade
音标 [gri'neid]
解释 n.手榴弹
红宝书 【英】 n. 手榴弹(small bomb thrown by hand)
【例】 a hand-grenade
字源 grenade (n.)
"small explosive shell," 1590s, earlier "pomegranate" (1520s), from Middle French grenade "pomegranate" (16c.), earlier grenate (12c.), from Old French pomegrenate (influenced by Spanish granada); so called because the many-seeded fruit suggested the powder-filled, fragmenting bomb, or from similarities of shape. See pomegranate.
不择手段背单词 n. 手榴弹; 榴弹(装有化学制剂的玻璃容器)
【记】gren = green军队的颜色, ade表示进攻性
【参】crusade(n 十字军东侵; 改革运动); tirade(n 长篇激烈演说)fusillade(n 枪炮的齐射)
趣味全助记 【记】GRE + 音:拿的,拿着GRE就像拿着手榴弹一样,走上了战场,背单词做题能把人炸的头晕脑涨

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