vt.

1. 使爆炸；使爆发；使突发
   The terrorists exploded a bomb in a store.

   恐怖分子在一家商店引爆了一枚炸弹。

2. 推翻；驳倒；戳穿[H]
   The rumor has been exploded.

   谎言被戳穿了。

3. 【语】发爆破音

vi.

1. 爆炸；爆破
2. 爆发，突发，迸发[（+in/into/with）]
   The boss exploded with anger when he saw the sales report.

   当老板看到销售报告时，他气炸了。

3. 激增，迅速扩大
   The city's population has exploded in the last few years.

   在最近几年里这个城市的人口急剧增加。

v.

1. burst or shatter violently, especially as a result of rapid combustion or excessive internal pressure.
2. suddenly express strong emotion, especially anger.
3. increase suddenly in number or extent.
4. show (a belief or theory) to be false or unfounded.
5. [as adj. exploded] (of a diagram) showing the components of a mechanism in the normal relative positions but slightly separated from each other.