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- a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device炸弹。
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- with modifier an explosive device fitted into a specified object爆炸装置：
a 100 lb van bomb.
100磅重的汽车炸弹。
1.2
the bomb
nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction总称核武器：she joined the fight against the bomb.
她加入了反核武器斗争。
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- a thing resembling a bomb in impact or shape, in particular（形状和威力）像炸弹样的物体, 尤指：
2.1
- （亦作volcanic bomb）a lump of lava thrown out by a volcano火山喷出的球状溶岩, 火山弹。
2.2
- informal a cannabis cigarette〈非正式〉掺大麻的香烟。
2.3
- informal a film, play, or other event that fails badly〈非正式〉失败的电影（或戏剧、事件）：
that bomb of an old movie.
那部不卖座的老电影。
2.4
a bomb
Brit. informal a large sum of money〈英, 非正式〉一大笔钱：it will cost a bomb in call charges.
这要花很大一笔电话费。
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- a long forward pass or hit in a ball game（球类游戏中的）长传, 远射, 远投：
a two-run bomb.
两次持球跑动的远传球。
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- a pear-shaped weight used to anchor a fishing line to the bottom（用以使钓鱼线沉入水底的）梨形重物。
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- （da (或the) bomb）US informal an outstandingly good person or thing〈美, 非正式〉极好的人; 极好的东西：
the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently.
这网站如果内容更新得再快些, 会是好极了的东西。
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- with obj. attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs轰炸, 投弹于：
they bombed the city at dawn
他们在黎明时轰炸了这座城市
as noun bombing a series of bombings.一系列轰炸。
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bomb someone out
make someone homeless by destroying their home with bombs炸得某人无家可归。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction Brit. informal move or go very quickly〈 英, 非正式〉疾行：
we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed.
我们在高速公路上风驰电掣。
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- no obj. informal (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly〈非正式〉（电影、戏剧或其他事件）惨败, 大败：
it just became another big-budget film that bombed.
它成了又一部耗资大、票房低的电影。
短语
go down a bomb
- Brit. informal be very well received〈英, 非正式〉备受欢迎：
those gigs we did went down a bomb.
我们的演出备受欢迎。
go like a bomb
Brit. informal
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- very successful〈英, 非正式〉非常成功：
the party went like a bomb.
这次聚会很成功。
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- (of a vehicle or person) move very fast（车辆、人）迅速移动。
look like a bomb's hit it
- informal (of a place) be extremely messy or untidy in appearance〈非正式〉（地方）脏乱不堪。
词源
late 17th cent.: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus 'booming, humming', from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.