bomb

vt. 轰炸，投弹于

vi. 轰炸，投弹；失败

n. 炸弹

中文词源

bomb 炸弹

拟声词，模仿炸弹爆炸的声音。

bomb: bomb: [17] Bomb is ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, and can probably be traced back to Greek bómbos, a word for a booming or buzzing sound. This passed into Latin as bombus, the probable source of Italian bomba, which acquired more explosive connotations. English got the word via French bombe. The derivative bombard preceded bomb into English, in the 15th century.
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bomb (n.): 1580s, from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus "a deep, hollow noise; a buzzing or booming sound," from Greek bombos "deep and hollow sound," echoic. Originally of mortar shells, etc.; modern sense of "explosive device placed by hand or dropped from airplane" is 1909. Meaning "old car" is from 1953. Meaning "success" is from 1954 (late 1990s slang the bomb "the best" is probably a fresh formation); opposite sense of "a failure" is from 1963. The bomb "atomic bomb" is from 1945.
bomb (v.): 1680s, from bomb (n.). Meaning "to fail" attested from 1963. Related: Bombed; bombing. Slang bombed "drunk" is attested by 1956.

1. 谐音“爆么、爆吗”。

1. The mystery hero imme-diately alerted police after spotting a bomb.: 那个无名英雄发现炸弹后马上报了警。

2. There were two bomb explosions in the city overnight.: 一夜之间城里发生了两起炸弹爆炸事件。

3. A bomb planted in a garbage can exploded early today.: 今天早些时候，安放在垃圾箱里的一枚炸弹爆炸了。

4. A few hours later bomb disposal experts defused the devices.: 几小时以后拆弹专家拆除了该爆炸装置的引信。

5. Combined with other compounds, they created a massive dynamite-type bomb.: 将其与其他化合物结合，就制造出杀伤力极强的硝酸甘油炸弹。