"gunpowder" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 火药

Definition

一种点燃后会爆炸的化学混合物，最初用于发射枪炮或制造烟花。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多见于历史、科学或军事语境。通常不用于比喻。常见搭配有“发明火药”、“火药桶”、“爆炸”。不要与“子弹”（射出的东西）或“炸药”（另一种炸药）混淆。

Examples

The soldiers used gunpowder to fire their muskets.

士兵们用**火药**来发射火枪。

Chinese inventors created gunpowder over a thousand years ago.

中国发明家一千多年前发明了**火药**。

Fireworks are made from gunpowder and other chemicals.

烟花是用**火药**和其他化学物质制成的。

Be careful! There's gunpowder in that old storage room.

小心！那个旧储藏室里有**火药**。

The smell of gunpowder filled the air after the fireworks show.

烟花表演后空气中弥漫着**火药**的气味。

Without gunpowder, history would have been very different.

如果没有**火药**，历史将会完全不同。