| 单词 | bomb |
| 释义 | bomb —bombable, adj. /bom/, n. 1. Mil. 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. 2. any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc.: a time bomb; a smoke bomb. 3. Also called volcanic bomb. Geol. a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling. 4. See aerosol bomb. 5. Football. a long forward pass, esp. one to a teammate who scores a touchdown. 6. Slang. a. an absolute failure; fiasco: The play was a bomb and closed after two performances. b. Chiefly Brit. an overwhelming success: The novel is selling like a bomb. 7. Jazz. a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance. 8. a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials. 9. the bomb, a. See atomic bomb. b. nuclear weapons collectively. 10. Computers. a spectacular program or system failure. 11. Slang. a powerful automobile or other vehicle. v.t. 12. to hurl bombs at or drop bombs upon, as from an airplane; bombard: The enemy planes bombed the city. 13. to explode by means of a bomb or explosive. 14. Computers. to deliberately cause (a computer system) to fail with a program written for the purpose. v.i. 15. to hurl or drop bombs. 16. to explode a bomb or bombs. 17. Slang. to be or make a complete failure, esp. to fail to please or gain an audience; flop (sometimes fol. by out): His last play bombed on Broadway. The business bombed out with a $25,000 debt. 18. (of a computer program or system) to fail spectacularly. 19. Informal. to move very quickly: They came bombing through here on their motorcycles at 2 A.M. [1580-90; 1960-65 for def. 17; earlier bom(b)e < Sp bomba (de fuego) ball (of fire), akin to bombo drum < L bombus a booming sound < Gk bómbos] |
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