1 [C] a container that is filled with material that will explode when it is thrown or dropped, or when a device inside it makes it explode 炸弹:
Fortunately, the car bomb failed to go off.幸亏那枚汽车炸弹没有爆炸。
2 [I] the bomb [sing] nuclear weapons 核武器;核子武器:
How many countries have the bomb now?现在有多少个国家拥有核武器?
3a bomb [sing] (Brit 英) (informal 非正式) a lot of money 一大笔钱:
That car must have cost you a bomb!那辆车准花了你一大笔钱!
bomb²
/bɒm ||; bɑm/verb
1 [T] to attack a city, etc with bombs 轰炸:
Enemy forces have bombed the bridge.敌军轰炸了桥梁。
2 (Brit 英) (informal 非正式)bomb along, down, up, etc to move along very fast in the direction mentioned, especially in a vehicle (尤指车辆)朝所述方向飞驰:
He was bombing along at 100 miles an hour when the police stopped him.警察把他截住的时候,他正以每小时100英里的高速飞驰。
bomb1/bɑm; bɒm/n [C] 1 a weapon made of material that will explode 炸弹: a bomb goes off/explodes The bomb went off in a crowded street. 炸弹在一条拥挤的街道上爆炸。plant/drop a bomb Bombs were dropped on the city. 炸弹投到这座城市。protests against the bomb (=nuclear bombs) 反对核弹的抗议2 a bombinformal a lot of money【非正式】很多钱: It costs a bomb to have leather dry-cleaned. 干洗皮革要花很多钱。TIME BOMB
bomb2v 1 [T] to attack a place with bombs 轰炸﹐向…投炸弹: Terrorists bombed the railway station. 恐怖分子用炸弹袭击火车站。 2 [I] informal to be unsuccessful【非正式】不成功: Her latest movie bombed. 她最近一部电影不卖座。 3 [I always + adv/prep]BrE informal to move very quickly【英,非正式】疾行﹐快速移动
bombbombbombsbombedbombing2verb (bombs, bombing, bombed)to attack people or a place with bombs: The city was bombed in the war.bombbombbombs1nouna thing that explodes and hurts or damages people or things: Aircraft dropped bombs on the city. A bomb went off (= exploded) at the station.