| 单词 | bottle bomb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottle bomb bottle bomb n. a makeshift bomb consisting of a bottle filled with an explosive or flammable material; cf. Molotov cocktail at Molotov n. 1. ΚΠ 1849 Liverpool Mercury 27 Mar. 2/6 The Cork Reporter calls John Mitchel, of vitriol, turpentine hoops, and bottle-bomb notoriety, ‘the chivalrous proto-martyr of Ireland’. 1907 N.Y. Times 7 Jan. 4/2 (heading) Victim of a bottle bomb. 1958 Times 8 Apr. 8/7 This morning in Famagusta a bottle bomb filled with petrol exploded in a Naafi storeroom causing a small fire. 1992 J. Crace Arcadia iii. ix. 318 They looked through the rubbish for evidence of organised disruption and put the charred and broken bottle-bombs in plastic bags together with examples of the fruit and cobblestones that had been thrown. 2005 Independent 28 July 1/3 They include a Molotov cocktail-style bottle bomb, packed with explosive and studded with nails. < as lemmas |
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