bomb
UK [bɒm] US [bɑ:m] noun
WEAPON 武器
ESSENTIAL countable
■a weapon that explodes and is used to kill or hurt people or to damage buildings 炸弹；爆炸装置•A 100-pound bomb exploded/went off today, injuring three people.今天一枚100磅的炸弹爆炸了，导致三人受伤。 •The terrorists had planted a bomb near the police station.恐怖分子在警察局附近设置了一枚炸弹。 •During the Second World War, the British dropped a huge number of bombs on Dresden.二战期间，英国在德累斯顿城投下了大量炸弹。 the bomb
■one or more atom bombs 原子弹•The US was the first country to have the bomb.美国是第一个拥有原子弹的国家。
UK [bɒm] US [bɑ:m] noun
FAILURE 失败
only singular US informal
■something which has failed 失败的东西•The play was a real bomb.这部戏彻底演砸了。
UK [bɒm] US [bɑ:m] noun
MONEY 钱
a bomb UK informal
■a lot of money 大笔钱•That coat must have cost a bomb.那件外套一定花了很多钱。
UK [bɒm] US [bɑ:m] noun
go (like/down) a bomb UK informal
■to be very successful or popular 大获成功；极受欢迎•The party's really going a bomb, isn't it?派对真的很成功，对吧? •Your fruit punch went down a bomb.你的水果潘趣酒真好喝。
UK [bɒm] US [bɑ:m] noun
go like a bomb
■to move very quickly 疾行；飞速行驶•His new car goes like a bomb.他的新汽车跑起来飞快。
UK [bɒm] US [bɑ:m] verb
USE WEAPON 使用武器
IMPROVER transitive
■to drop bombs on something 轰炸，投弹于•Planes bombed the city every night.飞机每晚都轰炸该市。 IMPROVER transitive
■to destroy something by exploding a bomb inside it 炸毁•This pub was bombed a few years ago.这家酒吧几年前被炸毁了。 •The building was completely bombed out (= completely destroyed by a bomb).这座大楼被彻底炸毁了。
UK [bɒm] US [bɑ:m] verb
GO FAST 疾行
intransitive + adverb or preposition informal
■to travel very fast in a vehicle 疾行；飞驰•He was bombing along on his motorbike.他正骑着摩托车飞驰。
UK [bɒm] US [bɑ:m] verb
FAIL 失败
intransitive US informal
■to fail 失败•Her last book really bombed.她最近这本书一败涂地。 |