1867, from Swedish dynamit, coined 1867 by its inventor, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), from Greek dynamis "power" (see dynamic (adj.)) + -ite (2). Figurative sense of "something potentially dangerous" is from 1922. Positive sense of "dynamic and excellent" by mid-1960s, perhaps originally Black English.
dynamite (v.)
1881, from dynamite (n.). Related: Dynamited; dynamiting.
实用例句
1. Combined with other compounds, they created a massive dynamite-type bomb.
将其与其他化合物结合，就制造出杀伤力极强的硝酸甘油炸弹。来自柯林斯例句
2. Fifty yards of track was blown up with dynamite.
