单词 | bombard |
释义 | bombardverb /bɒmˈbɑːd / [with object] 1Attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles: the city was bombarded by federal forces...
Synonyms shell, torpedo, pound, blitz, strafe, pepper, fire at/on, bomb; assail, attack, assault, raid, batter, blast, pelt archaic cannonade, fusillade 1.1Subject (someone) to a continuous flow of questions, criticisms, or information: they will be bombarded with complaints...
Synonyms inundate, swamp, flood, deluge, snow under; besiege, beset, belabour; bother, pester, plague, harass, badger, hound informal hassle 1.2 Physics Direct a stream of high-speed particles at (a substance).A young scientist named Henry Moseley experimented with bombarding atoms of different elements with x rays....
noun /ˈbɒmbɑːd / historical A cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.Yet for all the muskets, bombards, and cannon, Kelly appears more interested in the impact of gunpowder as a technological force driving deeper societal changes....
OriginLate Middle English (as a noun denoting an early form of cannon, also a shawm) from Old French bombarde, probably based on Latin bombus 'booming, humming' (see bomb). The verb (late 16th century) is from French bombarder. Rhymes |
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