bomb

noun

/bɒm/

/bɑːm/

Idioms

[countable] a weapon designed to explode at a particular time or when it is dropped or thrown炸弹
- a bomb goes off/explodes炸弹爆炸
- Hundreds of bombs were dropped on the city.几百枚炸弹投到了这座城市。
- to plant/detonate a bomb放置/引爆炸弹
- a suicide bomb自杀炸弹
- a roadside bomb (= one that is designed to blow up vehicles) 路边炸弹
- a bomb attack/blast炸弹袭击/爆炸
- extensive bomb damage轰炸造成的巨大破坏
see also atomic bomb, cherry bomb, dirty bomb, pipe bomb
- A terrorist bomb ripped through the town's packed shopping centre.恐怖分子的炸弹穿过镇上人头攒动的购物中心。
- Eighty people died when bombs rained down on the city's crowded streets.炸弹在城市拥挤的街道上雨点般落下，造成 80 人死亡。
- Enemy planes dropped bombs along the railway line.敌机在铁路沿线投下炸弹。
- He used a clock to make a home-made bomb.他用时钟自制了一个炸弹。
- India started to build a nuclear bomb.印度开始制造核弹。
- Police suspect terrorists planted the bomb.警方怀疑恐怖分子放置了那枚炸弹。
- The bombs were strapped to their chests.炸弹绑在他们的胸前。
- The land was scarred with bomb craters.地面千疮百孔，布满了弹坑。
- The plane had been adapted to carry bombs.飞机经过改造可以携带炸弹。
- The suspect was apprehended for planting a fake bomb in a bus terminal.嫌犯因在公共汽车终点站放置假炸弹而被捕。
- Their truck was hit by a stray bomb.他们的卡车被一颗流弹击中。
- a practice flight with dummy bombs用练习弹进行的飞行演习
- There was no warning of the bomb blast which ripped through the packed station.拥挤的车站发生猛烈的炸弹爆炸，事前并无警告。
- On a pleasure trip from Umbria to Milan, a terrorist bomb goes off in Emily 's train carriage.在一次从翁布里亚到米兰的愉快旅行中，一枚恐怖炸弹在艾米丽的火车车厢里爆炸了。
Topics War and conflictb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- huge
- large
- …
verb + bomb
- place
- plant
- put
- …
bomb + verb
- fall
- rain
- rain down
- …
bomb + noun
- attack
- blast
- explosion
- …
the bomb
[singular] nuclear weapons (atomic or hydrogen bombs)核武器；核弹
- countries that have the bomb拥有核武器的国家
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- huge
- large
- …
verb + bomb
- place
- plant
- put
- …
bomb + verb
- fall
- rain
- rain down
- …
bomb + noun
- attack
- blast
- explosion
- …
a bomb
[singular] (British English, informal) a lot of money很多钱
- That dress must have cost a bomb!那条连衣裙花费不菲吧！
- Some company directors make an absolute bomb.有些公司董事赚很多钱。
Topics Moneyc2
a bomb
[singular] (North American English, informal) a complete failure彻底的失败
- The musical was a complete bomb on Broadway.那出音乐剧在百老汇的演出完全失败。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
[countable] (North American English) (in American football美式足球) a long forward throw of the ball长传Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
[countable] (North American English) a container in which a liquid such as paint or insect poison is kept under pressure and released as a spray or as foam气溶胶弹式容器（油漆、杀虫剂等液体加压贮存可喷出）
- a bug bomb (= used for killing insects)喷雾杀虫剂
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词源late 17th cent.: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.

bomb

verb

/bɒm/

/bɑːm/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they bomb	/bɒm/ /bɑːm/
he / she / it bombs	/bɒmz/ /bɑːmz/
past simple bombed	/bɒmd/ /bɑːmd/
past participle bombed	/bɒmd/ /bɑːmd/
-ing form bombing	/ˈbɒmɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːmɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[transitive] bomb something/somebody to attack something/somebody by leaving a bomb in a place or by dropping bombs from a plane轰炸；对…投炸弹
- Warplanes bombed targets in and around the capital.战机轰炸了首都及其周围的目标。
- They have deliberately bombed civilians.他们故意轰炸平民。
- The city was heavily bombed in the war.这座城市在战争中遭到了猛烈轰炸。
Topics War and conflictb1, Crime and punishmentb1
- The group had planned to bomb several foreign embassies.该组织计划轰炸几个外国大使馆。
- Fighter jets bombed the road to the airport.战斗机轰炸了通往机场的道路。
- Terrorists bombed several army barracks.恐怖分子轰炸了几处兵营。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- heavily
- accidentally
- mistakenly
- …
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (British English, informal) to move very fast, especially in a vehicle, in a particular direction快速移动，疾行（尤指乘车）
- They were bombing down the road at about 80 miles an hour.他们正以大约一小时 80 英里的速度沿路飞驰。
[transitive, intransitive] bomb (something) (North American English, informal) to fail a test or an exam very badly（考试）惨败
- The exam was impossible! I definitely bombed it.考试太难了！我肯定考砸了。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
[intransitive] (informal) (of a play, show, etc.戏剧、演出等) to fail very badly大败；票房极差；不卖座
- His latest musical bombed and lost thousands of dollars.他最近的一部音乐剧演砸了，赔了几千美元。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2

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