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词汇 bomb
释义
bomb
Theme: FAILURE
1.
n. a bad performance or an inherently bad show.
They tried as hard as they could, but the thing was a bomb from act one on.The latest bomb on Broadway, like all bombs, will only go off once. This one finished to a chorus of boos before the final curtain.
2.
in. to fail.
My first try bombed, but things got better.It bombed the minute the first curtain went up.
bomb
1. adjective
dilapidated AUSTRALIA, 1979
2. noun
1
a great deal of money UK, 1958.
2
a marijuana cigarette, especially a large one US, 1951.
3
high potency, relatively pure heroin US, 1960.
4
crack cocaine US, 1994.
5
potent heroin US, 1969.
6
a dose of sedative, especially one administered to dope a racehorse; a sedative pill AUSTRALIA, 1950.
7
in a horse race, a winning horse that ran with very high odds US, 2002.
8
a forceful blow with the fist US, 1949.
9
in tiddlywinks, a long-distance shot US, 1977.
10
a skateboarding manoeuvre in which the rider crouches and holds the sides of the board as the board leaves the ground US, 1976.
11
a fast car. Teen slang US, 1953.
12
a dilapidated motor vehicle AUSTRALIA, 1950.
13
an improvised water-heating device in prison NEW ZEALAND, 1982.
14
a dismal failure, especially in show business US, 1952.
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an unexpected bass drum accent US, 1955.► go like a bomb; go down a bombto be very successful and exciting UK, 1967.► make a bombto become rich, to make a large profit. From BOMB (a great deal of money) UK, 1958.► the bomb; da bombthe very best, something that is very good US, 1973
3. verb
1
to place graffiti with an emphasis on quantity, not quality US, 2000.
2
to swallow a quantity of a powdered drug and its cigarette-paper wrapping UK, 2000.
3
in horse-racing, to dope a horse AUSTRALIA, 1953.
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to run or drive at speed UK, 1978.
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in mountain biking, to travel fast downhill US, 1992.
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to train intensely, alternating heavy weights with light weights US, 1984.
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in tiddlywinks, to play a wink at a pile of winks with destructive intent UK, 1980.
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to fail dramatically; to flop. Originally theatrical US, 1958.
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in computing, to cease to function completely and suddenly US, 1991.► get bombedto be overcome by a wave while surfing US, 1965
idiombombbe the bomb AmEAmEslang used in order to say that something is extremely good or exciting:"He's a great drummer. I worked with him at Berklee, and I'm signed up to tour with his band." "Wow, man, that's the bomb!"Some skinny girls just think they're the bomb, but I like it when girls have more shape.cost a bomb BrEBrEspoken to be very expensive:You'll have to pay for tickets, the train fare, your food - it's going to cost a bomb.He was sick all over the new duvet, and it costs a bomb to get your duvets dry-cleaned.go like a bomb BrEBrE1 spoken if a vehicle goes like a bomb, it goes very fast:The car doesn't look like much, but it goes like a bomb.Rich says those new MZ5s go like a bomb.2 spoken to be very effective or successful:I gave that speech at the Trade Hall, and it went like a bomb.When I left, Jake's party was going like a bomb.make a bomb BrEBrEspoken to make a lot of money:They've got a bank interested in their computer program - they're going to make a bomb out of it.Thank you for all your calls - British Telecom must have made a bomb last week.need/want/ought to put a bomb under BrEBrEused in order to say that you are angry because a person or group is showing no intelligence or energy, and you want them to change:His mother ought to put a bomb under that young man, and make him do some work.We were young and we wanted to put a bomb under mainstream theatre.
phrasebomb
be bombed out 1. be bombed out if people are bombed out, their homes have been destroyed by bombs: Some people were completely bombed out and had nothing except the clothes they stood up in.of We saw the very young and the very old, bombed out of their homes and suffering from shock.2. be bombed out if a building or town is bombed out, it is destroyed by bombs: People still remember that night, when half the city was bombed out. Reed had started this school after the International College was bombed out.bombed-out adj a bombed-out building or town has been destroyed by bombs: the bombed-out Bosnian capital

bomb

1. adjective slang Excellent; extremely entertaining; of very high quality. (Sometimes used as "the bomb.") That steak I had at dinner was bomb! I'm not usually a fan of action films, but that one was the bomb!
2. verb To fail spectacularly or to a great degree. Despite all the media hype, the major summer blockbuster bombed on its opening weekend.

bombed

slang Intoxicated. Do you remember last night at all? You were totally bombed by the time I got to the bar.

bomb

verb
See bomb out

bomb

verb
See bombshell

bomb

1. n. a bad performance or an inherently bad show. They tried as hard as they could, but the thing was a bomb from Act One on.
2. in. to fail. My first try bombed, but things got better.
3. Go to bomb(shell).

bombed

verb
See bombed out
See:
  • a (ticking) time bomb
  • be (the) bomb
  • be the bomb
  • bomb
  • bomb (someone or something) out
  • bomb out
  • bomb out (of something)
  • bomb out of something
  • bomb through
  • bomb through (something)
  • bombshell
  • box-office bomb
  • cost a bomb
  • da bomb
  • drop a bomb
  • drop a brick
  • drop the F-bomb
  • drop the L-bomb
  • f-bomb
  • go a bomb
  • go down a bomb
  • go like a bomb
  • love bomb
  • love bombs
  • put a bomb under
  • put a bomb under (someone or something)
  • put a bomb under something
  • smart bomb
  • the bomb
  • the L-bomb
  • time bomb
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