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touch off

/tʌtʃ ɒf/

翻译: 短语动词,指引发、触发某事,常指引起反应、冲突或事件,也可指点燃、引爆某物。

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词语关系

verb

/tʌtʃ ɒf/C1formal
  • zh短语动词,指引发、触发某事,常指引起反应、冲突或事件,也可指点燃、引爆某物。

A phrasal verb used to indicate causing something to start or explode, often a reaction, conflict, or event.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词,可分

  1. Cause to startformal

    To cause something, typically a conflict, event, or reaction, to begin suddenly.

    zh引发

    • The controversial statement touched off a heated debate.
    • The explosion touched off a series of fires in the building.
    • His remarks touched off a political crisis.

    同义词igniteinciteinstigateprecipitateprovokeset offsparktrigger

    反义词avertendhaltpreventstop

  2. Ignite or explodeformal

    To cause something to explode or catch fire.

    zh点燃

    • A spark touched off the gas leak, causing a massive explosion.
    • The fireworks were touched off by a remote control.
    • Careless handling of chemicals can touch off a dangerous reaction.

    同义词detonateexplodeignitekindlelightset offsparktrigger

    反义词dampendouseextinguishquenchsmotherstiflesuppress

词形
  • touched off past participle
  • touched off past simple
  • touching off present participle
  • touches off third person singular

基本动词touch

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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