English Dictionary

bomb

/bɒm/

noun

(dated, often with the) The atomic bomb. / (figuratively) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect. / (archaic) A mortar shell. / (historical, archaic) Ellipsis of bomb ship.

The bomb exploded with a loud bang.

意味（1）

(dated, often with the) The atomic bomb.

During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.

If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.

意味（3）

(archaic) A mortar shell.

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air / Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there

意味（4）

(historical, archaic) Ellipsis of bomb ship.

意味（5）

(colloquial) Any explosive charge.

意味（6）

(slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.

box-office bomb

意味（7）

(US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.

Nowadays, an old bomb simply won’t pass the inspection.

意味（8）

(UK, slang) A large amount of money.

make a bomb

意味（9）

(chiefly Britain, slang) A success; the bomb.

Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.

意味（10）

(chiefly Britain, India, slang) A very attractive woman.

意味（11）

(often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.

It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.

意味（12）

(American football, slang) A long forward pass.

意味（13）

(rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.

意味（14）

(basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.

With five seconds remaining, Smith received the inbounds pass and launched a bomb that dropped through the net to give his team an 80-79 victory.

意味（15）

A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.

A bomb for this study is defined as one in which the deepening rate is the geostrophic equivalent of at least 12 mb in 12 h at 45ºN.

意味（16）

(chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.

The process consisted in preparing the metal by metallothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride with sodium metal in a steel bomb.

意味（17）

(obsolete) A great booming noise; a hollow sound.

a Pillar of Iron […] Which if you had ſtrucke […] it would make a great Bombe in the Chamber beneath.

意味（18）

(slang) A woman’s breast.

意味（19）

(professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.

意味（20）

(slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.

意味（21）

(colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.

In clear contravention of the International Code of Conduct for Swimming Baths, a teenager had entered the pool by performing a bomb.