| [/bɔm; bɑm/] n 用法:
1 [C] container filled with explosive or incendiary material, made to explode when dropped or thrown, or by a timing device 炸弹:
Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the city. 敌机向这个城市投掷炸弹. *
Terrorists placed a 50-pound bomb in the railway station. 恐怖分子在火车站安放了一枚50磅重的炸弹. 用法:
2 [C] (in compounds 用以构成复合词) explosive device placed in or attached to a specified object 装在某物体内或附著在某物体上的爆炸装置:
a letter-bomb *
aparcel/car bomb. 用法:
3 the bomb [sing] atomic or hydrogenbomb 原子弹或氢弹:
Anti-nuclear organizations want to ban the bomb. 反核武器组织要求禁止使用核武器. 用法:
4 a bomb [sing] (infml) a lot of money 大量金钱:
That dress must have cost (her) a bomb! 那连衣裙一定花了（她）很多钱! *
Some company directors make (ie earn) an absolute bomb. 有些公司董事赚很多钱. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) go like a `bomb (infml) (a) (of a vehicle) go very fast （指车辆）疾驶:
My new car goes like a bomb. 我的新汽车跑得特别快.
(b) be very successful 非常成功:
Her party went like a bomb. 她那个聚会极为成功. bomb 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn] attack (sb/sth) with bombs; drop bombs on 用炸弹攻击（某人[某物]）; 投炸弹於:
London was heavily bombed during the last war. 上次大战期间伦敦遭到猛烈轰炸. *
Terrorists bombed several police stations. 恐怖分子炸毁了几所警察分局. 用法:
2 [I, Ip] ~ (out) (infml esp US) fail 惨败:
Her new play bombed after only three nights. 她的新戏只演出三晚就演不下去. 用法:
3 (phr v) bomb along, down, up, etc (Brit infml) move very fast (usu in a vehicle) in the specified direction （通常指乘车）朝某方向疾驶:
bombing down the motorway at ninety miles an hour 以每 小时九十英里的速度在高速公路上疾驶. bomb sb out (esp passive 尤用於被动语态) make sb homeless by destroying his house with bombs 用炸弹摧毁某人的房屋而使其无家可归:
Our parents were bombed out twice during the war. 我们的父母在战争期间有两次被炸弹炸得无家可归. |