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bombing

/bom/US // bɒm //UK // (bɒm) //

轰炸,投弹,炸毁,爆炸

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
    • : any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc.: a time bomb;a smoke bomb.
    • : Also called vol·can·ic bomb [vol-kan-ik bom] /vɒlˈkæn ɪk ˈbɒm/ .Geology. a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling.
    • : Meteorology. a weather bomb.
    • : aerosol bomb.
    • : Football. a long forward pass, especially one to a teammate who scores a touchdown.
    • : Slang. an absolute failure; fiasco: The play was a bomb and closed after two performances.
    • : Computers. a catastrophic program failure or system failure.
    • : the bomb, Slang. something or someone that is excellent or very impressive: Her boyfriend is the bomb!
    • : Chiefly British Slang. an overwhelming success: The novel is selling like a bomb.
    • : Jazz. a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance.
    • : a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials.
    • : the bomb, atomic bomb. nuclear weapons collectively.
    • : Slang. a powerful automobile or other vehicle.
    • : Slang. something unpleasant that is unexpected or shocking: He's always dropping f-bombs.Then came the bomb about the staff cuts.
    • : Slang. something unauthorized or illegal that is executed in a stealthy manner, typically having an overwhelming or sensational effect.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to hurl bombs at or drop bombs upon, as from an airplane; bombard: The enemy planes bombed the city.
    • : to explode by means of a bomb or explosive.
    • : to damage, ruin, defeat, etc., as if with bombs.
    • : Computers. to deliberately cause to fail with a program written for the purpose.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to hurl or drop bombs.
    • : to explode a bomb or bombs.
    • : Slang. to be or make a complete failure, especially to fail to please or gain an audience: His last play bombed on Broadway.The business bombed out with a $25,000 debt.
    • : Computers. to fail catastrophically.
    • : Slang. to spray-paint graffiti over many surfaces in an area, working quickly and using simple forms and designs: He made his reputation bombing on the east side of town.
    • : Informal. to move very quickly: They came bombing through here on their motorcycles at 2 a.m.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Its macros are pretty well-balanced, so it feels less like a sugar or protein bomb and more like a meal.

  • The solution is that someone has to drop a clarity bomb so that you can reset and get around this downward spiral of weirdness.

  • While in the service, Bechtol handled 1,000-pound precision-guided bombs.

  • People feared that if the Soviets could shoot probes around the Earth and Moon, they could easily drop a nuclear bomb onto Washington or Los Angeles.

  • The FLQ, which had carried out a string of bombings, executed its most notorious attack the next year, detonating a bomb at the Montreal Stock Exchange that injured dozens.

  • Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.

  • But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.

  • In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.

  • Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.

  • The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.

  • More like bomb-shells, military mines, torpedoes, and nitroglycerine trains.

  • The trench mortars—bomb guns they call them—will be ready in Japan in two and a half months' time.

  • That boy shows old Rachels blood, soliloquized the mistress of Wavertree Hall; he would not run if there were a bomb under him!

  • Villeroi's reply was to commence the bombardment at once, and forthwith bomb-shells and red-hot shot came pouring on the town.

  • For instance, the Master Cook has a party of bomb-throwers formed from among the cooks.