bombshell
英['b?m?el]
美['bɑm??l]
- n. 炸彈；突發事件；引起震驚的人或事
詞態變化
復數:?bombshells;
中文詞源
bombshell 意外事件，性感美女
bomb, 炸彈。shell, 彈殼。
英文詞源
- bombshell (n.)
- 1708, from bomb (n.) + shell (n.). The figurative sense of "shattering or devastating thing or event" attested from 1860. In reference to a pretty woman (especially a blonde) it is attested from 1942 ("Bombshell" as title of a movie starring blond U.S. actress Jean Harlow (1911-1937) is from 1933).
雙語例句
- 1. The police told me. It was a bombshell. I had no idea.
- 是警察告訴我的。我很震驚，完全沒想到。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His resignation after thirteen years is a political bombshell.
- 他任職13年后提出辭職，這在政治上轟動一時。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He dropped the bombshell. He told me he was dying.
- 他的話猶如一枚重磅炸彈。他告訴我他要死了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The news of his death came as a bombshell.
- 他去世的消息令人震驚。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Then she dropped her bombshell. " I'm pregnant.
- ”然后她說出了令人震驚的事, “ 我懷孕了. ”
來自《簡明英漢詞典》