bombshell — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.

   الاستعمال

   • تاريخي

   مرادفات

   bomb[Appendix:Glossary

2. Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.

   الاستعمال

   • مجازي

   أمثلة

   "This—this is a bombshell!" exclaimed the Colonel. "What does it mean?" "Politics," replied Carrados tersely.

   Singer and Jeffreys had focused their attention on cancer risk, but the bombshell of the report was the danger to children.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   U.S. President Donald Trump’s bombshell proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and relocate its Palestinian inhabitants has made the forced transfer of populations – a war crime – a policy discussion, galvanizing Arab states.

3. Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.

   الاستعمال

   • broadly

   أمثلة

   Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   The singer once identified by her shock of green hair has gone blonde and full bombshell, swapping her trademark sweats for a style more domme than deb: pink Gucci corset and skirt over Agent Provocateur skivvies, accessorized with latex gloves and leggings.

اسم

1. an entertainer who has a sensational effect

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   entertainer

   أمثلة

   she was a blonde bombshell

2. a shocking surprise

   مرادفات

   thunderboltthunderclap

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   surprise

   أمثلة

   news of the attack came like a bombshell

3. an explosive bomb or artillery shell

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   bomb