popper

/'pɒpә/

BNC频率: 23767

现代语料频率: 24895

中文翻译

n. 发出砰的响声的人

英文解释

n. British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)

n. a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)

n. a container for cooking popcorn

词态变化

复数形式:poppers

常见例句

Oftentimes, after buying something that has "only been used a couple times," you will get maybe a couple of good uses out of it before it breaks/stops working/ignites and by the time you've gone through the hassle of scrapping it, you'll be wishing you would've just bought a friggin' new one from the start. > "I bought a popcorn popper that was "only used a couple times" and the damn things spits out half the seeds." > "I'm not sure why the washing machine makes loud humming noises

plural of party-popper