bomb

bomb
noun

a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device
炸弹
■[with modifier]an explosive device fitted into a specified object
爆炸装置
a 100 lb van bomb.
100磅重的汽车炸弹。
■(the bomb)nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction
原子弹，氢弹，核武器
she joined the fight against the bomb.
她加入了反核武器斗争。
a thing resembling bomb in impact or shape, in particular
（形状和威力）像炸弹的物体
■(亦作 volcanic bomb)a lump of lava thrown out by a volcano
火山弹
■(informal)a cannabis cigarette
(非正式)掺大麻的香烟
■(informal)a film, play, or other event that fails badly
(非正式)失败的电影（戏剧、事件）
that bomb of an old movie.
那部不卖座的老电影。
■(a bomb)(Brit. informal)a large sum of money
(英，非正式)一大笔钱
it will cost a bomb in call charges.
这要花很大一笔电话费。
■a long forward pass or hit in a ball game
（球类游戏中的）长传，远射，远投
a two-run bomb.
两次持球跑动的远传球。
■a pear-shaped weight used to anchor a fishing line to the bottom
（用以使钓鱼线沉入水底的）梨形重物
(da 或 the bomb)(US informal)an outstandingly good person or thing
(美，非正式)极好的人；极好的东西
the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently.
这网站如果内容更新得再快些，会是好极了的东西。
[with obj.]attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs
轰炸，投弹于
they bombed the city at dawn.
他们在黎明时轰炸了这座城市。
[as noun bombing]a series of bombings.
一系列轰炸。
■(bomb someone out)make someone homeless by destroying their home with bombs
把（某人）炸得无家可归
[noobj., with adverbial of direction](Brit. informal)move or go very quickly
(英，非正式)疾行
we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed.
我们在高速公路上风驰电掣。
[noobj.](informal)(of a film, play, or other event) fail badly
(非正式)（电影、戏剧或其他事件）惨败，大败
it just became another big-budget film that bombed.
它成了又一部耗资大、票房低的电影。

常用词组
go down a bomb

(Brit. informal)be very well received
(英，非正式)备受欢迎
those gigs we did went down a bomb.
我们的演出备受欢迎。

go like a bomb
(Brit. informal) (英，非正式)

very successful
非常成功
the party went like a bomb.
这次聚会很成功。
(of a vehicle or person) move very fast
（车辆、人）迅速移动

look like a bomb's hit it

(informal)(of a place) be extremely messy or untidy in appearance
(非正式)（地方）脏乱不堪

派生
bomblet
noun
语源

late 17th cent.: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus 'booming, humming', from Greek bombos, of imitative origin

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