Word · Frequency #19695
bombshells
爆炸性消息；晴天霹雳
bombshells is the plural of bombshell.
a shocking surprise
- 1.
Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
令人震惊或轰动的事物。
- 2.
Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.
非常迷人的人；性感偶像。
引起轰动的艺人；炸弹；炮弹；令人震惊或轰动的事物。；非常迷人的人；性感偶像。；炸弹
In use
The company dropped a bombshell when it announced the CEO was resigning.
The news of their engagement came as a bombshell to the entire family.
The final episode of the series was a real bombshell for viewers.
be a bombshell
用作表语，表示某消息或事件令人震惊。
The news was a bombshell.
这个消息是个晴天霹雳。
the bombshell that [clause]
that 从句说明爆炸性消息的具体内容。
The bombshell that he was leaving spread quickly.
他即将离职这一爆炸性消息迅速传开。
be a bombshell to [someone]
to 后接受到冲击的人或群体。
Connections
Collocations
- drop a bombshell
- 抛出爆炸性消息；突然宣布令人震惊的事
- She dropped a bombshell when she said she was leaving the company.她说要离开公司时，等于抛出了一枚重磅炸弹。
- bombshell announcement
- 爆炸性公告；惊人声明
- The court's bombshell announcement stunned everyone in the room.法院的爆炸性公告让在座所有人目瞪口呆。
- political bombshell
- 政坛炸弹；政治爆炸性新闻
- The mayor's resignation was a political bombshell in the local election.市长辞职是地方选举中的一枚政治炸弹。
- blonde bombshell
- 金发尤物；迷人的金发美女
- Marilyn Monroe was the classic blonde bombshell of the 1950s.玛丽莲·梦露是20世纪50年代典型的金发尤物。
Idioms & figurative uses
- drop a bombshell
- 抛出惊人消息，宣布令人震惊的事The CEO dropped a bombshell at the meeting by announcing the company was closing.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 bombshell 拆成 bomb（炸弹）+ shell（壳）：炸弹壳一炸开，就是‘爆炸性消息’。想象一则新闻像炸弹一样炸响，令人震惊。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：新闻报道、日常口语、标题 表示“惊人的消息”时多用于新闻报道和日常口语，语气偏非正式；正式写作中较少单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine sound matches for the ending: shell, seashell, and eggshell all end in /ʃel/, the same final sound as bombshell (/ˈbɒmʃel/). Spelling/sound traps: bomb, the first spelling chunk, keeps its silent b (/bɒm/), and bell looks like shell but starts with /b/, so it is pronounced /bel/, not /ʃel/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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