fulminationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /fʌlmɪˈneɪʃən/, /fʊlmɪˈneɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

fulmination (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 fulminations)

1. The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
2. The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
   • 1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 23, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, OCLC 801036993:

     It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.

3. That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.

関連する語

• fulminate
• fulminator
• fulminating compound
• fulminic acid

Further reading

Wikipedia article on Explosive material