hazmat

IPA/ˈhæzmæt/
IPA/ˈhæzmæt/

hazmat — noun

1. short for 'hazardous material' — any chemical, biological, or radioactive substa

1.名詞B2
釋義

short for 'hazardous material' — any chemical, biological, or radioactive substance that can harm people, animals, or the environment if it leaks or is not handled safely.

例句

A truck carrying hazmat overturned on Highway 17, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes.

noun modifier: carrying hazmat

Roya put on a hazmat suit before cleaning up the chemical samples.

collocation: hazmat suit

同義詞
  • dangerous substance

    more general; hazmat is specifically the abbreviation for this phrase

  • hazardous material

    the full form; hazmat is the shortened version

  • toxic waste

    narrower — refers specifically to poisonous industrial by-products, not all hazmat

文法句型

hazmat + noun (suit / team / spill)

hazmat + verb (spill / leak / transport)

用法筆記

Hazmat appears most frequently as a modifier before another noun (suit, team, spill, waste, label). It is not usually used as a count noun — you would say 'hazmat was found at the scene,' not 'a hazmat was found.'

常見錯誤

❌The hazmat was found on the floor.' (vague — hazmat is the category, not the item).
✅Hazmat waste was found leaking on the floor.
💡add a category noun after hazmat to specify the type of dangerous material.
❌I work with hazmats every day.
✅I work with hazmat materials every day.
💡hazmat is uncountable and does not take a plural -s.