flammable

形容词 flammable:

1. easily ignited
   同义词：inflammable

1. Any of several highly volatile, flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons distilled from petroleum, coal tar, and natural gas and used as fuel, as solvents, and in making various chemicals.
   石脑油一种高度挥发性的易燃液态碳氢化合物混合物，从石油、煤焦油和天然气中提炼出来，并用作石油、溶剂和制造各种化合物中
2. Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable.
   易燃的很容易被点燃并迅速燃烧的; 可燃烧的
3. Not flammable, especially not readily ignited and not rapidly burned.
   不易燃的不易燃的，尤指不容易点燃或不能快速燃烧的

flam.ma.ble

adj.（形容词）
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable.
可燃的，易燃的：容易点燃和能够迅速燃烧的；可燃的

来源：
From Latin flamm3re [to set fire to]
源自 拉丁语 flamm3re [放火]
from flamma [flame] * see bhel-
源自 flamma [火焰] *参见 bhel-

【引伸】
flam.mabil.ity
n.（名词）
flam.mable
n.（名词）
Historically,flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefixin- has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means .not flammable. or .noncombustible.. In the circumstances,it is therefore advisable to use onlyflammable in contexts imparting warnings or on product labels, where a misinterpretation might have more serious consequences for the reader than an etymological mistake would deserve.
历史上，flammable 和 inflammable 的意思是一样的。 然而，前缀in- 的存在误导了许多人，使他们以为 inflammable 意思为.不可燃的.或.不易燃烧的.。 基于此情况，在发出警告或制作标签时，建议只用flammable ，因为解释的错误可能比词源学的错误带来的后果更严重