bomb
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bomb / bɑm ; bɔm /noun C
1. WEAPON 武器, a weapon made of material that will explode炸弹
a bomb explodes / goes off一颗炸弹爆炸
drop a bomb投炸弹
plant a bomb ( = leave a bomb somewhere )放置炸弹
detonate a bomb ( = make a bomb explode )引爆炸弹
unexploded bomb未爆炸弹
bomb attack炸弹袭击
bomb threat炸弹恐吓
bomb blast炸弹爆炸
•Fortunately the house was empty when the bomb exploded .所幸炸弹爆炸时房子里没有人。
•The bomb went off at 9.30 in the morning.炸弹在早上九点半爆炸。
•Enemy planes dropped over 200 bombs during the raid.袭击中敌机投下了两百多枚炸弹。
•Terrorists had planted a bomb somewhere in the station.恐怖分子在车站的某个地方放置了一颗炸弹。
•One theory is that the bomb was detonated by remote control.有一种说法是那枚炸弹是遥控引爆的。
•Unexploded bombs were found there as late as the 1960s.到 20 世纪 60 年代的时候，该区仍发现有未爆炸弹。
•a bomb attack on a crowded bus in the city centre市中心一辆拥挤的公共汽车上的炸弹袭击事件
•The station was closed for six hours following a bomb threat .接到炸弹恐吓后车站关闭了六小时。
•the bomb blast that injured more than 100 people造成一百多人受伤的炸弹爆炸事件
⇒ATOMIC BOMB,CAR BOMB,CLUSTER BOMB,HYDROGEN BOMB,LETTER BOMB,NEUTRON BOMB,NUCLEAR BOMB,PARCEL BOMB,PETROL BOMB,SMART BOMB,SMOKE BOMB,STINK BOMB,TIME BOMB2. BAD PERFORMANCE / EVENT 不好的表演/事件, AmE informala play, film, event etc that is not successful失败的电影; 失败的事件:
•This is just another one of Hollywood's bland and boring bombs.这不过是好莱坞又一部枯燥乏味的烂片。
3. be the bomb informalto be very good or exciting非常好，很轰动:•That new P Diddy CD is the bomb.“吹牛老爹”那张新的激光唱片非常轰动。
4. the bomb used to describe nuclear weapons, and especially the HYDROGEN BOMB核弹，核武器〔尤指氢弹〕:•Voices of dissent began to rise against the bomb.反对核武器的声音开始响起来了。
5. cost a bomb BrE informalto cost a lot of money花费很多钱; 值很多钱6. make a bomb BrE informalto get a lot of money by doing something挣大钱
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bombverb
1. Tto attack a place by leaving a bomb there, or by dropping bombs on it from a plane轰炸，向…投炸弹，炸毁:
•The town was heavily bombed in World War II.这座城镇在第二次世界大战中遭到猛烈轰炸。
•Government aircraft have been bombing civilian areas.政府的飞机一直在轰炸平民区。
⇒CARPET-BOMB,DIVE-BOMB2. I always + adv / prepBrE informalto move or drive very quickly疾行，飞驶，快速前进:
•Suddenly a police car came bombing down the high street.突然一辆警车在大街上疾驶而过。
3. I,TAmE informalto fail a test very badly〔考试〕不及格，考砸:•I bombed my midterm.我的期中考试不及格。
IAmEif a play, film, event etc bombs, it is not successful 〔戏剧、电影等〕演砸了; 〔事情〕不成功:•His latest play bombed on Broadway.他最新的戏剧在百老汇演砸了。
PHRASAL VERBS
be bombed out
if a building or the people in it are bombed out, the building is completely destroyed被炸毁，被炸平:
•My family were bombed out in 1941.1941 年我家被炸毁。
