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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
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb1A 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
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- place
- plant
- put
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- fall
- rain
- rain down
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- attack
- blast
- explosion
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- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- place
- plant
- put
- …
- fall
- rain
- rain down
- …
- 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。
- a bomb[singular] (North American English, informal)
a complete failure Topics Difficulty and failurec2彻底的失败 - [countable] (North American English)
(in American football )美式足球 a long forward throw of the ball Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2长传 - [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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Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.
Idioms
be the bomb
go down a bomb | go (like) a bomb
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to be very successful 十分成功 Our performance went down a bomb. 我们的演出获得了巨大成功。 The party was really going (like) a bomb. 聚会办得非常成功。 Her new novel is going like a bomb (= selling well). 她的新小说卖得很好。
go like a bomb
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(of a vehicle )车辆等 to go very fast 飞驰