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. => bound
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.
雙語例句
1. The mystery hero imme-diately alerted police after spotting a bomb.
那個無名英雄發現炸彈后馬上報了警。
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2. There were two bomb explosions in the city overnight.
一夜之間城里發生了兩起炸彈爆炸事件。
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3. A bomb planted in a garbage can exploded early today.
今天早些時候，安放在垃圾箱里的一枚炸彈爆炸了。
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4. A few hours later bomb disposal experts defused the devices.
幾小時以后拆彈專家拆除了該爆炸裝置的引信。
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5. Combined with other compounds, they created a massive dynamite-type bomb.