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bombshell

英 ['bɒmʃel] 美 ['bɑmʃɛl]

解释

n. 炸弹；突发事件；引起震惊的人或事

※ 提供单词"bombshell"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

bombshell 意外事件，性感美女

bomb, 炸弹。shell, 弹壳。

英文词源

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).

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例句和用法

1. The police told me. It was a bombshell. I had no idea.: 是警察告诉我的。我很震惊，完全没想到。

2. His resignation after thirteen years is a political bombshell.: 他任职13年后提出辞职，这在政治上轰动一时。

3. He dropped the bombshell. He told me he was dying.: 他的话犹如一枚重磅炸弹。他告诉我他要死了。

4. The news of his death came as a bombshell.: 他去世的消息令人震惊。

5. Then she dropped her bombshell. " I'm pregnant.: ”然后她说出了令人震惊的事, “ 我怀孕了. ”