time bomb

短语

定时炸弹 [法] 定时炸弹

发音

US

词形变化

time bombs 复数

别名

timebomb

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.

    定时炸弹

    计时炸弹

  2. 2.

    A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time.

    计算机 工程 数学
  3. 3.

    A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

infernal machine ticking bomb

上位词 2

situation bomb

词源

From time + bomb.

来源：wiktionary