combustible
combustible — 形容詞
- combustiblepositive
- more combustiblecomparative
- most combustiblesuperlative
1. describes a material that starts to burn when fire or heat is put near it, so it
易燃的
靠近火或熱源就容易燒起來的
describes a material that starts to burn when fire or heat is put near it, so it needs careful handling and storage.
Ayana stored the combustible cleaning rags inside a metal bin near the back door.
Ayana 把易燃的清潔抹布收進後門旁邊的金屬桶裡。
attributive: combustible + noun (rags)
Dry pine needles are highly combustible during the long summer months in California.
加州漫長的夏季期間，乾枯的松針非常易燃。
predicative: be + (highly) combustible
The factory keeps all combustible chemicals in a cool room with thick steel doors.
工廠把所有易燃化學品放在一間有厚鋼門的低溫室裡。
attributive in safety/industrial context
Firefighters warned Kian that the old wooden roof was extremely combustible after the dry summer.
消防員提醒 Kian，乾旱的夏天過後，那座老舊的木屋頂極易燃。
predicative with intensifier (extremely)
Petrol, paper, and dry leaves are all combustible, so keep them away from the campfire.
汽油、紙張和乾葉子都很易燃，要遠離營火。
listing several combustible items
- highly combustible
- combustible material
- combustible gas
- combustible dust
- combustible liquid
- flammable
more common in everyday English; same meaning, less formal.
- inflammable
same meaning as 'flammable' despite the 'in-' prefix; often avoided on safety labels because learners read it as the opposite.
- ignitable
technical; used on fire-safety and chemical data sheets.
- non-combustible
official safety label for materials that will not catch fire (e.g. concrete, steel).
- fireproof
stronger claim — actively resists fire damage, not just hard to ignite.
文法句型
combustible + noun
be combustible
用法筆記
Subject is usually a physical material or substance (rags, gas, leaves, chemicals). Common in safety, building, and industrial writing; in everyday speech people more often say 'flammable'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- combust動詞C2
- combustion名詞C1
- combustibility名詞C2
- non-combustible形容詞C1