the bomb

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

the bombs 复数 the bombs

别名

the Bomb da bomb

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The atomic bomb; the capability to launch a nuclear attack.

    非正式 不可数

    Pakistan and India both have the Bomb now.

  2. 2.

    A success; something excellent.

    俚语 不可数

    Their new record is the bomb.

    That party was the bomb!

词源

Attested in reference to nuclear weapons or the capacity to use them since 1932; see quotations, below. As slang for something excellent, the phrase is attested since the 1960s; compare go down a bomb, UK theatre slang during the 1950s meaning “be a major success”. For further etymology see bomb.

来源：wiktionary