early 15c., in medicine, "liable to inflammation," from Middle French inflammable and directly from Medieval Latin inflammabilis, from Latin inflammare (see inflame). As "able to be set alight," c. 1600. Related: Inflammability.
实用例句
1. "Highly inflammable," it says on the spare canister.
备用罐上写着“高度易燃”。
来自柯林斯例句
2. These gases are highly inflammable.
这些气体都高度易燃.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Isolation strips should be cleared of all inflammable vegetation.
隔离带上所有易燃的植被应清除.
来自辞典例句
4. Clothes shouldn't be made of inflammable material.
衣服不应用易燃的衣料做.
来自辞典例句
5. A thing was inflammable if it contained phlogiston.