omb
n
1 [C] container filled with explosive or incendiary material, made to explode when dropped or thrown, or by a timing device 炸彈
Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the city. 敵機向這個城市投擲炸彈.
Terrorists placed a 50-pound bomb in the railway station. 恐怖分子在火車站安放了一枚50磅重的炸彈.
2 [C] (in compounds 用以構成復合詞) explosive device placed in or attached to a specified object 裝在某物體內或附著在某物體上的爆炸裝置
a letter-bomb * aparcel/car bomb.
3 the bomb [sing]
atomic or hydrogenbomb 原子彈或氫彈
Anti-nuclear organizations want to ban the bomb. 反核武器組織要求禁止使用核武器.
4 a bomb [sing]
(infml 口) a lot of money 大量金錢
That dress must have cost (her) a bomb! 那連衣裙一定花了(她)很多錢!
Some company directors make (ie earn) an absolute bomb. 有些公司董事賺很多錢.
5 (idm 習語) go like a `bomb (infml 口)
(a) (of a vehicle) go very fast (指車輛)疾駛
My new car goes like a bomb. 我的新汽車跑得特別快.
(b) be very successful 非常成功
Her party went like a bomb. 她那個聚會極為成功. bomb, v
1 [Tn] attack (sb/sth) with bombs; drop bombs on 用炸彈攻擊(某人[某物]); 投炸彈於
London was heavily bombed during the last war. 上次大戰期間倫敦遭到猛烈轟炸.
Terrorists bombed several police stations. 恐怖分子炸毀了幾所警察分局.
2 [I, Ip] ~ (out) (infml 口 esp US) fail 慘敗
Her new play bombed after only three nights. 她的新戲只演出三晚就演不下去.
3 (phr v) bomb along, down, up, etc (Brit infml 口) move very fast (usu in a vehicle) in the specified direction (通常指乘車)朝某方向疾駛
bombing down the motorway at ninety miles an hour 以每 小時九十英里的速度在高速公路上疾駛. bomb sb out (esp passive 尤用於被動語態) make sb homeless by destroying his house with bombs 用炸彈摧毀某人的房屋而使其無家可歸
Our parents were bombed out twice during the war. 我們的父母在戰爭期間有兩次被炸彈炸得無家可歸.