- dynamite (n.)
[dynamite 词源字典]
- 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 etymology, dynamite origin, 英语词源]
- dynamite (v.)
- 1881, from dynamite (n.). Related: Dynamited; dynamiting.